danfunk

I'm just drinking wine and working late, and it occurs to me that my job in this brave new world of LLMs is that I care. The ability to give a damn seems well outside an LLM's capabilities.

I care about the code and what it is like to read it three weeks from now. I care about the people using this software I'm working on, I want their lives to be spent doing less pointless stupid shit. I think, maybe, that's an ok outcome. Non dystopian. That it's maybe a better world if the people that can contribute the most, are the ones that have passion. That "care" becomes the most highly appreciated skill. That smells good to me. Maybe I sleep good tonight. Maybe it's the wine.

Power tools did not remove people. They make woodworking accessible to more people. They make more complex projects possible. They make furniture less expensive. We don't have less jobs because of power tools. And with power tools came a proliferation of hardware stores to support all the people suddenly empowered to try their hand.

To take the analogy further, agents are like factories. Yes the drill can do the work on it's own, when it's on an assembly line, getting exactly the right part at the right time at the right angle. But it is insanely hard and expensive to set up a factory, and when it is done, it produces one thing.

Shit will change. But that is exactly what I liked about this industry to begin with. And people are highly motivated by fear, so the manipulators and influencers peddle it for all they are worth. There is nothing to fear here. It's just a new kind of tool for you to pick up, if you have the courage and heart to do so.