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Louheatar t1_je9fsii wrote
Reply to comment by TFenrir in What advice are you giving to family and friends? by TikkunCreation
on a saturday a week ago (or maybe 2 weeks? idk, feels like a year ago, time has sped up haha), i decided to give gpt-4 a go. pasted it some code and told it to explain it, pressed enter.
my heart stopped for a moment when i started reading the response. it felt like everything i've ever known was false, and i was shaking for hours after that. :D a sudden total dramatic change of my entire world view. quit my job on the following monday (a tech startup facing a fundamental business risk from generative ai, no hope for the company anymore, no point staying), so i could focus on this full time. i've been fortunate enough to be employed in a bullshit job that gave me the opportunity to invest the extra money, so i can withstand the turmoil financially for a few years (in case this move seems too crazy for someone).
anyway, after that experience, i've had no stress about anything anymore. i think it's because i know all the super stressful grunt work i've had to do over the years, grinding with the computer from dusk till dawn, is now over. there's literally no reason to do that anymore. what's left is enjoying the ride and working on creative projects i've only dreamt of. 8)
just sharing this story because i'd be interested in hearing if others have similar stories :D
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Reply to comment by mutantbeings in When will AI actually start taking jobs? by Weeb_Geek_7779
i can also share some insight from a tech startup i worked in until a week ago, no layoffs yet. there was a lot of fear in the air, but in general, everyone, including the leadership, the developers, and the artists, generally lived in a state of serious denialism. they literally keep just laughing about whatever ai tools are popping out, sharing whatever buggy and weird gifs they find (instead of the actually great material the tools can produce), trying to somehow maintain their old world view i guess.
while (generative) ai poses a fundamental business risk for the company and most of the jobs, there was absolutely no deep conversations about it. nobody is taking it seriously, because they don't want to. instead of accepting and adapting, they're doubling down on their obviously wrong path and burning everyone out while doing it.