Forgive me if I don't consider your personal blog an authority of your honesty. "I'm not a liar, for real dude see it says right there"
Why are all your public projects "joke/toy projects" if AI is so awesome and production ready? My experience reflects this as the truth. Yet your work backs up my experience rather than your words.
To avoid only being snark. I think all software is about power/control and software has allowed unprecedented concentration of power Which is why it resists being official like other industries. No one with power wants restrictions on their power/software. Ultimately AI is good for small'ish projects and a productivity multiplier(eventually). I think it will lead a new revolution in distilling the current incumbents in the business world that are stagnant on vast proprietary software systems that previously could not be unseated. Small players will be able to codify/automate their business to make it competitive with big players. So I'm not "anti-ai".
edit: AI will simultaneously rot the proprietary software advantage from the inside out. As companies are further convinced that AI can solve their problem of having to pay people to maintain their software.
I think it's pretty counter-productive to default to not trusting anyone under any circumstances.
Having a "disclosures" page on a personal website is a pretty strong quality signal for me - it's inspired me to set a task to add my own.
As with all of these things, the trick is to establish credibility over time. I've been following Geoff for a few years. Given his previous work I think he has integrity and I'm ready to believe his disclosures page.
However we seem to live in a time where integrity is basically valued at zero or more commonly as something to "bank" so you can cash in for an enormous payoff when the time comes. I agree he seems authentic, therefore valuable. Which means an AI company can come and offer him 7-8 figures to build hype. I think its hard for people to truly grasp just how much money is flying around in hype cycles. Those numbers are not unrealistic. That's set for life money, not many are in a position to refuse that kind of wealth. (he lives in van, just saying)
I hope he is one of the few authentic people left but the world has left me jaded.
Forgive me if I don't consider your personal blog an authority of your honesty. "I'm not a liar, for real dude see it says right there"
Why are all your public projects "joke/toy projects" if AI is so awesome and production ready? My experience reflects this as the truth. Yet your work backs up my experience rather than your words.
To avoid only being snark. I think all software is about power/control and software has allowed unprecedented concentration of power Which is why it resists being official like other industries. No one with power wants restrictions on their power/software. Ultimately AI is good for small'ish projects and a productivity multiplier(eventually). I think it will lead a new revolution in distilling the current incumbents in the business world that are stagnant on vast proprietary software systems that previously could not be unseated. Small players will be able to codify/automate their business to make it competitive with big players. So I'm not "anti-ai".
edit: AI will simultaneously rot the proprietary software advantage from the inside out. As companies are further convinced that AI can solve their problem of having to pay people to maintain their software.
I think it's pretty counter-productive to default to not trusting anyone under any circumstances.
Having a "disclosures" page on a personal website is a pretty strong quality signal for me - it's inspired me to set a task to add my own.
As with all of these things, the trick is to establish credibility over time. I've been following Geoff for a few years. Given his previous work I think he has integrity and I'm ready to believe his disclosures page.
I get what your saying.
However we seem to live in a time where integrity is basically valued at zero or more commonly as something to "bank" so you can cash in for an enormous payoff when the time comes. I agree he seems authentic, therefore valuable. Which means an AI company can come and offer him 7-8 figures to build hype. I think its hard for people to truly grasp just how much money is flying around in hype cycles. Those numbers are not unrealistic. That's set for life money, not many are in a position to refuse that kind of wealth. (he lives in van, just saying)
I hope he is one of the few authentic people left but the world has left me jaded.
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So you have no reply to my straightforward question? If AI has made you 1000x productive why do you only post self described toy/joke projects?
I know the answer though. Its because that is all it is good for. Everyone that has tried these tools knows that.