[echelon]

Metaverse is bullshit.

Blockchain is bullshit.

Crypto is bullshit.

VR and wearables are bullshit.

AI does your job. Robots do your job. These are real and substantial and actually provide enormous value. You can get more done per unit of time.

I want them to do my job and everyone else's jobs, I just want to make sure there's a functioning economy we can participate in and benefit from at the other side.

[gafferongames]

AI makes up shit that doesn't exist and lies to you. Sure, let's get the word salad generator to write all the code. What a great fucking idea.

[echelon]

I've just built a $3M run rate company in five months on mostly AI outputs in Rust, which is rock solid code.

In my career I've been a six nines systems engineer. Stuff like billion dollar daily volume payments platforms, and my work was always situated in critical flows - so I know a thing or two about solid engineering work.

Just a moment ago I asked AI for a complicated multithreaded state machine with variational queuing logic. Claude Code Opus delivered. I'm reviewing it now. It's phenomenal code.

You need to reassess the world. Your priors are deeply flawed. These models are absolutely incredible.

I mean it - you're going to be hurt badly if you don't reevaluate what is happening and plan accordingly.

[gafferongames]

> I mean it - you're going to be hurt badly if you don't reevaluate what is happening and plan accordingly.

Point taken. I'll just ask the AI to make me a really fun AAA multiplayer game next time I work on one.

[jplusequalt]

>I mean it - you're going to be hurt badly if you don't reevaluate what is happening and plan accordingly.

What plans can most people reasonably come up with?

If AI is taking over software, it's taking over lots of other computer related jobs. If you're not a highly paid engineer, or come from money, most people can't just re-skill for entirely different careers.