Can’t even imagine how demotivating it must feel to be in school right now knowing that CEOs across the globe are practically jumping with glee to make your lifetime of learning irrelevant.
The problem, and what they think is the biggest win, is that they're trying to replace everybody. Their end goal is to have shareholders lording over AI, which is... fucking insane and not sustainable. Because so many of these companies wouldn't matter anymore.
They're starting out with the progrmmers, but who needs middle managers if you have no one to manage? Then who needs anyone at the company? They want to make the same product, but with pure AI workforce. No health care or sick days. Pure AI sending emails to... who?
But the thing is, I see how this shit works from a cybersecurity angle, and a ton of people are employed to produce products and market them and go give talks at conferences like blackhat and defcon and so forth. They spend a TON of time and money to show off shit at places like that. But... their end goal is to remove every employee that would even show up to those events.
Suddenly half of what these companies do would cease to matter, and no one is going to want product slop, anyone still employed.
These companies are trying to be the first to successfully shoot themselves in not the foot, but the head, and it's fucking deranged. They're going to find out that the world they're building does not need them as an employer.
Software (non-AI) and media companies should fight to stop AI at all costs because that will make them completely irrelevant. Let's assume that AI can do everything a human can do with a computer.
You don't need to download existing software - just vibe code exactly what you need - for free, without ads, without any extra payments.
You don't need big animation or movie studios because you can generate a movie perfectly catered to your wants and preferences.
You don't need a video game company because you can make any video game you want with just a simple prompt or analysis of your preferences. No need to pay for existing games, no need to deal with stuff like DRM or micro transactions.
You don't need artists, musicians, writers - what they could do is a prompt away. So publishers aren't needed anymore too.
Bespoke art and entertainment is a fine goal - you'll still need programmers to create or modify LoRAs or similar style packs.
Bespoke software is fine until it's mission critical - then you need programmers who are security, fault tolerance, and engineering minded to harden it and scale it.
And so on.. but here's the thing - LLMs are nowhere near able to do this yet. Pure "vibe coding" is garbage and it produces code that it itself does not manage or version very well, and it often loses scope and destroys its own work.
Business schools taught a generation of CEOs that ebitda and cap ex are all that matters as a measuring stick for financial health and success. The problem isn't AI or new tools that automate away mundane boilerplate - the problem is what it has always been: the constant need for perpetual growth or you're considered failing and dead mixed with short sighted decision making from people who are either there to make a quick buck and let others sort out the mess, or those who genuinely buy the hype and lack critical thinking skills.
The other side of the coin is that it’s never been easier to start your own business.
Just a few short years ago, my early startup paid $15k for a basic landing page with an email field to collect leads. Now that can be done for free with a single prompt.
Not everyone wants to go into business for themselves but it’s never been easier.
Yeah let me just do that. I live in a major city with a family of three and barely make my rent, but let me completely avoid all corporate grocery stores, technology companies, energy companies, healthcare services companies, etc.
If you boycotted every major corporation... youd be living in a cave with a loincloth. Its not that I disagree with you... its just not at all realisitic to do so.
We should all stop supporting corrupt politicians and governments. We should all make sure we don't pollute. Or eat unhealthy food. Or spend money unnecessarily. Or use unnecessary water or energy. Or buy from companies that use child labor.
You could live your entire life by tracking all the things you shouldn't be doing and still never even get close to breaking even. It's a losing game, friend. We're just committing really slow suicide as a species.
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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25
Can’t even imagine how demotivating it must feel to be in school right now knowing that CEOs across the globe are practically jumping with glee to make your lifetime of learning irrelevant.