Comment by theappsecguy
4 days ago
We are going through yet another generational wealth transfer and people are being squeezed to the absolute brim with layoffs and daunting lack of career prospects.
But sure, lets cheer that funky website designs are back on the menu…
I'll add to this...
The "funky" websites of the past were mostly a result of tech immaturity and a lack of profit motive.
Businesses have been able to easily install templates like this for at least a decade. They don't because stuff like this looks cool but isn't very functional.
AI isn't going to make your local restaurant have a funky website, it's just going to make everyone who use to work directly and indirectly for that company unemployable. And even the local restaurant will close down because they can't compete with the multi-national competitor that has automated their kitchen with AI.
I agree with most of your comment with one exception: It will never be economically viable to replace kitchen staff with AI.
> It will never be economically viable to replace kitchen staff with AI
Can you expand? Specifically what is it about humans that AI and robotics could not replace?
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Why don’t you start a movement to fight for equality, and I’ll join you? Why are you still here and not taking actions?
In the mean time, I’ll unashamedly continue to cheer for creativity and innovation. Note: I don’t even like this website design.
Assuming no change from the baseline, I’d rather have one positive thing versus nothing positive.
"We're taking away your healthcare, sending your children to die in forever wars, poisoning the environment, all while ruining your job prospects but at least you can make pixel perfect implementations of figma screens."
“We're taking away your healthcare, sending your children to die in forever wars, poisoning the environment, all while ruining your job prospects”
The baseline. This does not mean it is acceptable and it is absolutely worth rebuking through action to make things better. Those things are anything positive, however small and incremental, or large and transformative.
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The culprit here is capitalism. The system was designed for this. Any technology will be used to squeeze the working class
AI has the merit of showing SWE folks exactly where in the class divide they belong. If you are selling your workforce, and you can't maintain your lifestyle if you stop working, you are in the working class