> you were always able to buy time by hiring people to do things for you. right now it's agents. i think it's an equalizer in that, $200 agent is more accessible than a $10000 human
The other half of this is that, in the past, skill meant that a year of weekends could be turned into a viable business that had skill as a moat.
Now, skill means almost nothing: the fleeting product of a drooling idiot is almost indistinguishable from skill and care as long as that drooling idiot has capital.
No longer will merit be rewarded; it will be exclusively capital that is rewarded.
I don't think that's fair. You can 3D print doodads and spin up an AI business to sell them, but it's not the same as selling a quality tool that's been forged in the failures of previous versions. Skill is still a moat.
I disagree. The moat is now is your marketing skills. Look at music artists on Instagram trying to play the algorithm to gain visibility. That is what is coming to knowledge workers who sell their output for a living. Your quality tool still needs to be found and the more tools are out there (regardless of their quality) the harder it is for yours to be found.
> Doubtful. These tools will be more useful in capable hands than in the hands of a drooling idiot.
"drooling idiot" is just a figure of speech, I'm sure. The point is, the moat is now more like a narrow puddle which few will be incapable of jumping over. Even if you make something better, it's going to be very hard to find in the pile of AI-generated slop. Ergo, popularity and success will be decided by money for advertisement, not skill.
Are there important things that can be done with AI - yes. How many of them can provide income for a small but skilled operation - very few to none at all. That's the reality of it, whatever smart thing you do, AI will catch up with it in the next iteration. The current economic arrangement cannot accommodate AI without degenerating into an idiocracy controlled by selected few.
The other half of this is that, in the past, skill meant that a year of weekends could be turned into a viable business that had skill as a moat.
Now, skill means almost nothing: the fleeting product of a drooling idiot is almost indistinguishable from skill and care as long as that drooling idiot has capital.
No longer will merit be rewarded; it will be exclusively capital that is rewarded.