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Re: I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney

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Post by 7speter »

jatins wrote: post #414
7speter wrote: post #369

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Not when all the marine life dies off because the oceans are too acidic and wrecks all sorts of havoc on above land eco systems.

...how does the Marine Life die in this scenario?

Which scenario are you referring to? The one where everything is cheap because of ai or because the acidic oceans?

Various sea organisms rely on calcium carbonate for the formation of their shells and bones. If the water is too acidic there less calcium carbonate in the water…

Re: I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney

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Post by wsc981 »

blackoil wrote: post #111
wsc981 wrote: post #68

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Yesterday I visited an old, but still reasonably healthy man who has been living in Thailand for 40 years now, maybe longer. Reasonably healthy as in: he doesn't need to visit hospital or use medicine, but his power is now waning a bit due to age. A man originally from Switzerland. 88 years old now. When he arrived in Thailand he bought a nice plot of land and made a quite beautiful garden there, with many fruits and…

This romantic affair works only for rich. Pretty sure the man also has maids, support staff and vendors working for him.

He has not, but has a wife and daughter. Possibly other kids. I did not get the impression from him that he was rich, but he did get lucky to buy a large plot of land for cheap due to:

A) living in a remote village

B) Currency conversion

The house itself was also pretty cheap, being a traditional Thai wooden house and not particularly huge.

Re: I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney

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Post by CatWChainsaw »

elforce002 wrote: post #535
grumbel wrote: post #503

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> And then industrial revolution didn't take out jobs It absolutely did take jobs. It's just that the job loss in one area was compensated by the growth in other areas. However hoping that it'll be the same with AI is incredible naive. The job shift in the industrial revolution was possible since there were still lots of tasks left that the machines couldn't do. The areas that can't be done by a machine now are drama…

> What's left for humans? No idea. Exactly. The ramifications of this tech will brake the current system for sure. Why someone will spend 15 years of his/her life studying medicine if by that time AI will replace him/her? The more we keep going down the rabbit hole, the more we can see there's no utopia at the end of the tunnel. This is no hyperbole, we don't know what to expect if you automate everything. Just look…

Not to worry, you definitely won't be happy!

Re: I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney

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Post by Waterluvian »

kybernetyk wrote: post #88
Waterluvian wrote: post #42

I saw AI as a tool like Photoshop, and for that reason wasn’t buying all this anxiety. I still see it as a tool, but this post has changed my entire perception of the issue: It’s not that a new tool will replace you. It’s that a new tool might be too compelling to avoid, but be boring and miserable to work with and suck the joy out of your craft.

>but be boring and miserable to work with and suck the joy out of your craft. like javascript

JS has become a delightful language. Doubly so if you use TS, which is surprisingly trivial to learn and begin integrating.

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Post by wsc981 »

RDaneel0livaw wrote: post #94
wsc981 wrote: post #68

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Yesterday I visited an old, but still reasonably healthy man who has been living in Thailand for 40 years now, maybe longer. Reasonably healthy as in: he doesn't need to visit hospital or use medicine, but his power is now waning a bit due to age. A man originally from Switzerland. 88 years old now. When he arrived in Thailand he bought a nice plot of land and made a quite beautiful garden there, with many fruits and…

"Maybe we'd all be happier with just a nice plot of land and some plants to tend to and perhaps some hobbies to keep us busy. And maybe it would keep us healthier (both mentally as well as physically) as well. " And where is the fantasy world where "we all" have enough money for this?

I don’t think huge wealth is needed, but it very much depends where you buy the land. Coastal land or land near big cities will be much more expensive than land in a remote village.

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Post by IX-103 »

bennysonething wrote: post #481
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #402

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It's strange how those who say the Nordics aren't really socialist will be the first to dismiss their policies as socialist when they're suggested for the US.

They have free markets and businesses, doesn't sound like a socialist system to me.

You're thinking of Communism. Socialism doesn't imply government ownership and control of the economy.

Re: I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney

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Post by the_only_law »

barrysteve wrote: post #185
markles wrote: post #27

The lack of empathy the HN community has really shines through in many of these replies: > There were no doubt quite a few nail makers pre-industrial revolution that took pride in making consistent, quality nails. > And nothing of value have been lost. > LOL at the reply a couple posts down, where OP admits they work at a mobile shovelware sweatshop.

He doesn't need empathy. He needs to find a way through to a better advantage over AI. I'll give him compassion as he struggles through. Creating static images (that do not require a significant amount of visual depth and perspective) is a dead art form. The market will accept flat looking images as long as they're drowning in detail, and AI can generate that. I'm taking a stab at what's next, he needs to (take a sta…

> I'm taking a stab at what's next

And what does your crystal ball tell you that is?

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Post by wsc981 »

biztos wrote: post #409
johnwalkr wrote: post #102

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What's your point? Many people would be happy if they are lucky enough to be born in a wealthy country and save a bunch of money by the time they're 48 and retire, move to a poorer country and be happy tending a garden. Not many people are this lucky and it will be harder going forward as such desirable cheap places are becoming less cheap rapidly, and less accessible. "Golden visas" in such places are under scrutiny…

Also foreigners can’t own land in Thailand, so while I hope the Swiss gentleman has many more years of happiness, it was never his garden, which might be a turnoff to the techno-libertarians out there.

Not 100% true, foreigners can own up to 1 rai (1600 m2) once they gain citizenship (which takes a bit of effort and a lot of time).

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Post by candiodari »

steveshurley44 wrote: post #267
bruce511 wrote: post #209

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>> The result will be that mediocrity takes over because the AI will be in charge of the boilerplate, which is often the foundation for the rest of your code. Your take is interesting, but I'll provide an alternate point of view from my experience. I have spent my career working in a low-code environment. There's a boiler plate framework into which people add code. Since most of all programs are similar (data in, dat…

SAP?

If you look at it from the bottom, then yes. SAP/Salesforce/IBM DB2/Oracle/OpenERP are ways for company departments to all work on one common set of data.

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Post by elforce002 »

somethingreen wrote: post #563
elforce002 wrote: post #437

The discussion is creating 3 groups: First group is sure AI will be an enabler and it won't replace them; The second group is saying AI won't replace them at least in the near future (1~10 years); Then we have the third group, which is basically the sentiment the op is living rn: AI is taking away their hopes, dreams, and livelihood. Now, I think we'll see the strongest counterculture in human history against AI and…

That's how I see it too. Big neo-luddite movement, anti-AI unions, "AI Free" labeling with corresponding certification, registries of AI users (and witch hunts of course), AIs being weaponized to destroy or corrupt other AIs. AI providers need to be at the forefront of lobbying for reasonable AI control laws, or they are up for a rude awakening.

The government needs to regulate ai & tech companies before you have 10x of what's happening in France.
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