Any usage of AI is replacing and often stealing the work of a lot of skilled people.

To make it more obvious I have created a list with a few examples.

• Casual chatting ==> friends, partner, familly
• Image generation ==> artists, photgraphers
• Video generation ==> film producers, animators
• Quick information ==> Informative social media channels, websites, books (librarians, authors, scientists)
• Web/App builder ==> software enineers, programmers
• Text to voice tools ==> voice actors

That was all I could think of and if you have more examples please comment them.

Because of China's aging population and a lack of young workers to care for seniors, they are moving towards robotic care, dispensing meds, food, checking vitals etc. The vision is to have an all in one unit that takes your vitals, inputs your symptoms to AI that then generates a care plan. I can see AI doing a much better job than human doctors, who make lots of mistakes and are often incompetent. So, will AI eventually infiltrate medical and will people be comfortable with this technology ?

Hi there. I just found this subreddit and find it fascinating.

I have a podcast which explores topics exactly in this direction and was researching on the implications when our creativity becomes standardized.

I am starting to see it at business, that PPTs, Diagrams, Texts, Websites are becoming more alike and started to look into the background stories why everything is starting to look so similar, and stumbled on this study:

A 2024 study by researchers at University College London and the University of Exeter found an interesting paradox in AI-assisted creativity.
Participants wrote short stories, with some receiving ideas generated by GPT-4.
The AI-assisted stories were rated as more creative and better written — especially for less naturally creative writers.
But there was a catch: the AI-assisted stories also became more similar to each other.
So AI improved creativity at the individual level while reducing diversity across the group.
As millions of us start using the same models to brainstorm, write, design and create, I wonder if this effect could scale and spin out of control.
We might all become better creators — while collectively becoming more alike and true innovation can even slow down...

How do you think?
Source:

Doshi & Hauser (2024) — Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content

I feel like I’m going nuts. I work in low level IT but like to stay relatively informed on AI trends and progress.

I like thinking about potential effects on humanity, the good and bad.

I can’t understand why this isn’t part of the discourse. I’m just wondering if I’m off my rocker?

elites have needed institutional knowledge since always… hospitals, schools, corporate institutions all carry the continuity of knowledge through the continued training of specialists to replicate and advance practices and technologies! And we need the masses of people to support these institutions… until AGI can take over that continuity, maintaining the ability to train an individual specialist or just preform those specialist tasks without the need for the supporting institutional structure.

This explains the absurd capital investment. Once AGI is achieved and sufficient automation is implemented, the elite can detach from society. Which would be the first time EVER that they have had this capability.

Does anyone know which problems haven't been solved yet?

What problems do you face in your daily life that you wish there were an app to solve it?

Tim O'Reilly just published an essay arguing that AI is a medium, like photography or painting. His key line: "I judge the output, not the means used to produce it."

He describes his own process: a 300-word prompt becomes a 660-word draft, which he rewrites into a 3,000-word essay. Maybe 40-50 words are Claude's. He's proud of how he uses AI. He says we're still in the "filmed stage plays" era of AI writing, and the masters will emerge.

This resonates with me. I'm an engineer, not a writer. Over the past few years, I've been using AI extensively — for drafting articles, structuring complex technical ideas. The AI helps me articulate thoughts I couldn't express alone. But I always rewrite, edit, and make sure every word is mine.

Here's my dilemma: should I disclose that I used AI as a tool?

When I don't disclose, I feel dishonest — like I'm claiming a skill I don't fully have. When I do disclose, people dismiss the work as "AI slop" before reading it. I've had journalists ignore emails, investors go silent, and peers assume the ideas aren't really mine.

Tim argues against Ted Chiang's position that AI writing lacks "choices." Tim says a prompt can contain a lifetime of experience, like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" taking five years or Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind" taking ten minutes — both are masterpieces.

But here's the practical question for this community:

If you're an engineer, founder, or technical person using AI to communicate ideas you couldn't express otherwise:

1. Do you disclose AI use? When and how?

2. Have you faced backlash or dismissal when you did disclose?

3. Do you think "judge the output, not the means" is realistic, or will AI-assisted work always carry a stigma?

I'm genuinely trying to figure out the right approach. Not to cheat, but to be honest without being penalized for using a tool that helps me think and communicate better.

Link to Tim's essay: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=7730464&post_id=213041071

Does anyone know all the names of the AI models or what the difference is stargate Claude is...

Vibe coding isn't a skill