Nothing is real anymore?
In the 90s, the internet promised a utopia connecting people across the globe instantly where censorship was damage to be routed around, and information was free.
In 2025, the internet is a dystopia of misinformation, making everyone dumber and easier to manipulate. Oligarchs own all the platforms and nobody even cares.
The faster that AI ruins it the better. We go back to creating personal connections, building local communities. Happier people making impact in each others lives for real.
Also, one can't really build something that lasts without knowing the whole truth about it. The internet still is the best place to discover the truth, although it takes some effort and corroboration.
I feel bad for people who grew up “digitally native” and seem shocked at the concept and can’t even comprehend living without being online 24x7
That’s why those “creatives” who used llms to write their movie won 3x as many Oscars, and the ones who used them to write their tv show won 3x as many Emmys, and the ones who used them to write their music won 3x as many Grammys!
This is going to be a bumpy transition but at the other end the jobs that survive will be creative and fulfilling - for example, people automating work, every day, so (barring corner cases) no one has to do that task again.
Putting AI in and letting it do a bad job is a great way for AI to be in there eventually doing a good job. Humans may not be needed to do the work but they will be needed to tend to the systems and automations driving the AI - and/or to the agents driving the AI. They’ll be needed to improve what the AI is doing, handle corner cases, and add new use cases. And they’ll fill in the gaps - until those can be automated too.
Once everyone’s doing that, it’ll be an automation race. The more humans a company has the more capability it will have to automate more work. Then we’ll be back to full steam hiring, but the skill sets will be very different. At places like Duolingo, job titles like “AI automation specialist” will replace “translator”.
It’s going to be okay, we will get through this!
A job no, but an income.
The humanity does not need to be more productive, we have enough of all, products and services.
What we need is reduce the working time and dedicate the time to flourish, read, write, music, sports, maths, philosophy... Less consuming and more creating.
orionblastar•9mo ago
sigwinch•9mo ago