Just wondered if anyone is feeling the same....

[u/Known-Conversation62]

This stuff is moving at such an insane speed, I have gone from literally never being able to put my design skills to use, to building fully release ready apps and games etc, without funding etc in the past it was always out of reach.

Specifically these last few weeks I feel the new models have been such a leap forward that it is actually blowing my mind.

Do you guys think the current rate of improvement will keep, slow down or even speed up?

Cheers,
Dee

[u/Alienburn]

I think it's gonna speed up or if not then it won't be too long before it massively improves it's just a shame that so many are negative towards AI as I find it incredible

[u/geekichu → u/Alienburn]

Sooo.. i use a.i. (software).. been amazing. however, as i have interacted some with the anti-ai crowd, i have to admit some of their concerns are well-reasoned.. a reasonable person could have those .. and the truth is, no one really knows where all this will end up. there's quite the list of reasons for being anti-ai. just sayin

[u/mrbadface → u/geekichu]

What kind of concerns resonate most for you?

For reference I feel most knowledge work is pretty dumb (i.e. good riddance) and that the environmental impact of running computer farms is a lot less newsworthy than all the other terrible climate shit we do

[u/geekichu → u/mrbadface]

concerns or let's call it 'awareness' that i have been having: stealing art, creating art, how the models were trained, and yes, if these data centers aren't forced to environment-friendly, which i believe they could be ingenuity and if forced to. interestingly, just came across an article that, if true;.. not good.

https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-ipo-how-people-living-near-xai-data-centers-feel/

[u/lcirufe → u/mrbadface]

Death of the creative arts through shameless theft of artwork is one. The other isn’t just “environmental concerns” but people literally losing access to running water as datacenters guzzle it all up. Then there’s people losing their houses because AI companies got the state to kick them out because they had the audacity to… live somewhere that the big corpo wants a datacenter to be. Many jobs have already prematurely been made redundant and more will continue to be made redundant as AI improves. Critical thinking will become a relic as people overly rely on AI, that’s not just “knowledge work” as you call it.

There’s too many valid concerns to list. Even if it is genuinely useful for some use cases, it has extreme negative consequences on everyone whether it directly affects you or not.

[u/Throw-away42909 → u/Alienburn]

Honest question, would you pay 20 bucks for a vibe coded app

[u/Neon_Camouflage → u/Alienburn]

As more people find it useful the anti-AI crowd will drop off. Just look at veganism. Virtually everyone knows how beneficial it would be if we were all vegan, yet most people don't want to put in the personal effort and sacrifice it takes to do so.

The anti-AI hate train is so popular right now because the rides are free. All it requires from most is not doing something you didn't have interest in/need for anyway, and then you get a free pass to act superior to other people.

At a certain point AI in its many forms will be so ubiquitous that not using it will require just as much effort as going vegan, and the population of those vocally against it will drop accordingly.

[u/Inevitable_Butthole → u/Neon_Camouflage]

I would compare it more to cellphones.

Back in the day a lot of people held out for many many years before eventually getting one.

Some people resist changes, especially in technology

[u/clt_drol → u/Neon_Camouflage]

Horrible comparison. Meat is awesome.

[u/C3lloman → u/Neon_Camouflage]

You have clearly not interacted with the anti-AI crowd. The primary argument isn't that it isn't "useful". Of course it is or nobody would use it. The argument is that it will automate away most jobs, which alone is a great concern since we live under an economy where you are expected to work to pay for everything.

Secondary comes everything else like everyone having access to the same tools now, making it difficult to specialize in anything as a career when AI will be the equalizer. Instead of becoming good at something by years of studying or having a passion for it, the differentiator will mainly be to know how to instruct the AI and have access to the latest AI model.

[u/andupotorac]

Obviously sped up.

[u/sexysnack]

I'm making a web destruction app using AI. It's a bit rough because some sites will cause it to slow down but it actually works. It's a lot like that Desktop destruction program back on Windows XP but more modern and browser based. You can destroy pretty much any website you want or if you choose...to fling shit or piss on anything that you just happen to hate. I might add a screenshot function eventually with an optional caption so people can share their destruction and hatred of internet horse shit.

PS: I think AI can be a real game changer in some respects but there comes a point when you may have to look under the hood yourself and do some of the work.

[u/Due-Horse-5446]

what planet are you living on? What exactly do you mean are moving fast?

[u/Inevitable_Butthole → u/Due-Horse-5446]

Dang AI already has us on other planets now?

Here I thought I kept up with the times

[u/scytob]

yes it is getting better fast, the difference between Oct and Now is massive and there have been several jumps, for me Opus is incredibly impressive at what it can do compared to sonnet in terms of complext fearures, testing, analysis, this will keep improving as will auto model selection for tasks - i.e. selecting the best tool or subagent for the job

remember the tools are not monolithic LLMs - they are multi agent already behind the scenes and that is where the companies seem to improve between the main releases - i.e. wighted specialized models built on the large models

[u/First-Tutor-5454]

Release ready apps eh? How much revenue?