Alternatively, "software engineers ignoring AI is like television producers ignoring 3D TV" or "like games companies ignoring the 'metaverse'", or "the food industry ignoring the juicero" or "the medical testing industry ignoring Theranos" or...
For every Big New Thing that actually becomes a Big New Thing, there are many which become, at best, a historical curiosity.
I’m using AI every day and I don’t see why I would ever stop. It’s not doing my job for me but it’s a much better way for me to learn how to do my job. There is undeniable value in it. I don’t think scale is going to bring us to AGI but what we have now is a big deal already.
> I’m using AI every day and I don’t see why I would ever stop
If you have to pay for its full actual real costs, you might decide it's not worth it.
(All the AI startups are losing money even on their paid tiers. Google and Apple and Meta can eat the costs for some time, but at some point they'll have to try to recoup their investments.)
For every Big New Thing that actually becomes a Big New Thing, there are many which become, at best, a historical curiosity.