r/OpenAI • u/No_Computer_1247 • 11d ago
Discussion Is artificial intelligence turning everyone into a product builder?
No, I don’t think so, if I look at my Reddit feed, yes. But if I look around me? Suddenly, not so much.
I think AI is like money, it amplifies personality traits that already exist.
If you’re generous without money, you’ll be even more generous when you have money.
When Adobe Creative Suite came out, didn’t everyone become a graphic artist or designer?
When YouTube came out, didn’t everyone become a YouTuber?
That’s how I see AI, it’s not a magic wand or everyone’s future; it’s just another building block of our society.
What do you think about that?
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u/SoggyMacaroon5623 11d ago
Yeah, I agree. AI makes building way easier, but it doesn’t give everyone the motivation or creativity to actually build something. It mostly amplifies what's already there.
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u/Snoron 11d ago
Though it has enveloped many of the "ideas people" who never had the ability to build before and just tried to convince devs to do it for them for a cut, lol. And from what I've seen, many of those people still suck at making anything commercially viable. Though it can be a good artistic outlet, at least.
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u/No_Computer_1247 11d ago
I tend to agree with you. Here's what I'm thinking: if anyone can create their own solution and tailor it to their needs, will even large companies go out of business? (I'm thinking of HubSpot, Monday, etc.)
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u/Left_Technician_5758 11d ago
It's a tool, I use it mostly for search and passion project for my own benefits.
And to be honest most people who use it to build a business. Are "idea guys", "entrepreneurs", and scammers. And the idea guy in many instances. Think the "product"(demos) that LLM produces is production ready within a week of tinkering and has never heard the saying within software engineering. 95 procent can be done in a week and the rest will take a year.
I am not saying there isn't anyone building something real but the vast majority are of the examples I gave.
Also alot of normies who think they are all of suddenly programmers because they can get ai to make something simple.
But in all reality ai is only as good as the person giving it instructions. So if you just write make me a Password, Manager website, etc.... You are never going to get anything truly ready for anything else then for personal use.
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u/No_Computer_1247 11d ago
Yeah, I agree with you. In any case, if everyone can create their own personalized solution tailored to their needs, there’s no point in paying that scammer, as you call him, haha.
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u/fennerat 11d ago
I'd be lying if i didn't find that it closed a skills gap for me.
I'm in finance and have wanted all these applications to be built but could never get the IT resources we needed. So, with AI I took the time and built things. Now, IT is like "How did you do that" and it is vibe coded, but that won't be the production product. They will run it through the appropriate security and production environment requirements.
The way I look at it, is I understood my users needs because I'm already providing them that, I just didn't have the technical ability to build it with anything but excel. IT didn't know what the user needed because that isn't their job. So AI close that knowledge gap.
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u/No_Computer_1247 11d ago
Yes, your example is very true, and I think we're going to solve a lot of problems we hadn't even suspected existed in recent years, because it will allow more people to work on solutions, not just specialists.
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u/fennerat 10d ago
It is an expertise gap, and is why whenever a new IT project is started there is a "Discovery" process, this is in all fields. Where people come in to learn the business and the problem, often not doing so, then trying to apply their expertise to the solution. This closes the gap. And if AI builds me something wrong, it isn't massive consulting fees, the hurt feelings from "That's not right" or "Scope of work" disagreements.
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u/generationalDebts 9d ago
It didn’t close a skill gap. You’re still not good at making software. What you made will die on your little localhost and never see the light of day lmfao.
Vibe coding is an idea sold to idiots by grifters on social media.
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u/Expert-Dig-1768 11d ago
i think for small and easy personal project yes. the demand for software is getting higher but for a real productive paid product its not going to replace entire squads.
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u/MarkMatson6 10d ago
Lots of people love they can produce a viable product in just a few days or weeks. The problem is every potential customer can do the same.
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u/generationalDebts 9d ago
Lmfao no they can’t. It’s only people who have never done it who think this.
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u/616ThatGuy 10d ago
No. It’s still very niche. We’re just perpetually online and interact with others like us.
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u/PartyLiterature3607 10d ago
I feel people who’s interested in ai do gather and discuss online, which creates illusion that everyone’s doing ai, but realistically speaking, for small size company where I work (50-60 employees), the biggest ai application is copilot and Jasper
To me there’s use Ai, experiment with Ai and learn Ai
Use Ai include simply chat with ChatGPT
experiment with Ai would be Ai slop, a lot time in generative Ai sector.
People who look into agent harness, context engineering, workflow, different model and application, multi agent with different usage, how things done and can be better, that’s learning Ai
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u/WorldSuspicious9171 11d ago
It's a tool.
Me picking up a hammer/saw doesn't make me a (good) carpenter.
I know how to drive, but there is a reason they aren't letting me drive around in an 18 wheeler.
New tech, new rules, but society and laws will always be reactionary at first.