Comment by eranation

My honest take? Hackers and builders value not just the result but also the journey. There is a feeling that AI is a cheat code to get to the result without having gone through the journey. I am fully on that side, and like everyone I’m using AI because I can’t afford not to, and because it’s also admittedly, fun and addictive and even within it, you can build skill (no pun intended) and for now at least, talented people with good taste and problem solving skills seem to manage to just use AI as a multiplier.

But because AI made everyone have perfect English, and above average design skills, everything that 4 years ago would be considered elegant, well written, well working anything, now looks like yet another low effort AI slop.

People appreciate not just the result but also the effort.

Also the entire AI will replace you marketing bait from all BigAI CEOs is tiring. And the entire you have to adopt AI to survive is nauseating. It takes mostly pure will to become an expert in AI, just prompt what’s the latest FOMO skills repo and you also can be an AI influencer.