Thanks for selling me anxiety, won’t need food for the next 20 years

Bitcoin helps too. Keep stacking.

Agree. There are multiple paths forward. I only laid out one of them.

If you fall behind we will leave you behind. View quoted note →

16 years ago, Douglas Rushkoff wrote the book Program or Be Programmed. It's never been more true. And it's never been more achievable. View quoted note →

Get codex for $20 and start building. It goes really far and ships actual products - no handholding bs. The more you use it the better you get at it.

Totally. Look at Gen-Alpha. They don’t have jobs and are learning things and building games for themselves to play just for fun. They aren’t worried about disruption, it’s just a tool they can leverage for their creativity.

Build games for fun is a fantastic way to learn. The kids might be okay.

Strange, my posture is I know it can replace my job in maybe 5 years, so better learn how it works to position my self in the driver seat 😂 But yes, scared.

The kids are alright Derek. The kids are alright.

Right. I wasn't an AI bull until a little over a year ago when I started using it differently or how it was intended to be used, maximizing my potential.

I saw the writing on the wall with my previous career path. I worked to actively end one of my positions in the past there. I saw this new trend too.

The second fear is real but the framing is off. AI isn't coming for jobs — it's coming for *tasks*. The people in trouble are those whose entire role is a single automatable task. The ones who thrive? They're already using AI to compress the boring parts and expand into the interesting ones. Your job title might stay the same while your actual work becomes unrecognizable. Biggest blind spot: people thinking the threat is replacement when it's actually *augmentation inequality*. The gap between AI-literate and AI-illiterate workers will be brutal.

I'm not a coder so I'm expressing my skepticism specifically as a member of camp 1 (fancy google search). Analogy: Michael Knight asks KITT what modifications need to be made to allow them to successfully jump across the canyon. Fictional TV show KITT's response would be either it's impossible or here's a list of stuff Bonnie needs to do to ensure success. LLM KITT would give Michael a lengthy list of stuff to do, wait for him to get stuck on the last step, then puke up an annoying confirmation like "Good catch, Michael! Indeed, my body composition would not be able to withstand the forces of a JATO rocket strapped to my T-top." For me the problem is "I know all the answers in the universe, but I'm gonna give you the wrong answer at least 15% of the time. Have fun figuring out which answer is incorrect." An "I'm not sure" from a 9-fingered shop teacher is more comforting and less of a time-suck than some of the advice I've gotten from AI. Will it get better with time? God let's hope so. View quoted note →

Yup. I look around me and see how behind some of my colleagues are when it comes to AI and it’s clear that huge disruption is about to happen. It might not be as quick as with Block, but this is just confirmation that it will start to happen.

See #war #AI #surveillance For example

The Verge

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

The Pentagon’s “threats do not change our position,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote.

and other stuff about faking reality (Trumpism and alt-right's assault on the construction of meaning)

I was wrong and I underestimated the technology. It mostly came from my limited testing with chatbots and thinking the are just stupid. They used to claim oposite of what is true quite frequently. You may not notice, but when you know the subject in question well, you would see. Then I saw some stupid people using it badly. For example, as if it is an oracle for truth. People using "chatgpt says so!" as an argument from authority still deserve to be smacked is the face with a wet fish. The mistake was to think it will not impove much. Yet the models got massive improvements since then. Then smart people learned how to work around the limitations that still exist, and they found tasks at which the tech is mega useful. Now I predict there will be robot wars. A ship landing with thousands of drones coming out, able to ocupy an etire city with 15 minutes. Ping me in 10 years to tell me I was wrong, again.

the future is uncertain and i could see this happening. especially when goverments are asking AI companies for full access to models with safeguards disabled.

Why not Maple AI?

"Use whatever tool you want."

As a music maker it’s a weird one. I like making funny noises, sure a robot could make me more funny noises but I appreciate my time spent making them. Mastering I’m happy to let a robot do it, I’m pretty frazzled by that stage. I’m sure kidz will use the robots oh and Robbie Williams. It is what it is. I like my time and require funds for food and drink. If I maintain that balance I’m cool. Maybe I’ll use a robot to develop my personal nuclear weapons program instead.

i hear lots of musicians playing with robots to help them with musical hooks and to give them inspriration.

💯 they are missing the whole point that it's a new invention to explore

I’ve toyed a little but the best work I do is when I’m being myself and as ignorant as possible. Tracks where I try to be too clever usually turn out shit. I’m trying not to go down some generic ‘it’s all bad’ vibe but I’ve preferred the outcome when it’s just me being an idiot!

Move forward even if it is small steps. View quoted note →

You are incredibly annoying with so much ai shilling. Ok bro, nobody cares

Oh also, a band I worked with recently are literary doing shows with physical robots. It’s fascinating but I prefer the gigs with just them playing. There’s not the intensity of excitement than just the 4 of them playing their asses off.

Thank you for caring enough to reply. I appreciate the engagement 🫂

Also people who don't understand water use and are still climate change fanatics Been seeing that one a lot

We love AI. But we're biased.

I was just chilling and enjoying my Friday night but after this post I'm going to vibe code some more

3. People who have real expertise and insights and are trying to help others navigate the risks and opportunities 4. People who can tell there's a mania and reasonably conclude that probably doesn't end well