I think this translates to a few different mediums. I'm thinking about modern matchmaking in video games today.
I used to play a game called SOCOM II back on the PS2 and it was all lobby based. You had to jump around to find the right lobby with the game mode you liked, find people to play with and build community. There was time between games for banter.
Now everything is automatic and instantaneous. It has its advantages, just like with music, but something was definitely lost.
The root of all our evils, right here. We only want the fastest cheapest thing possible, without thinking about how it impacts literally everything else about our world.
Crazy how many people have their heads in the sand.
I'm glad you could think of a couple examples where AI might not replace humans. It's almost an entirely useless point to make.
The cat is already out of the bag. The information is out there and the models are trained. Even where we stand today will bring massive disruption in time.
The economy is being propped up by the wealthy few that have money to spend and now their legs are being cut out from under them with this technology. We're in for a reckoning.
> The single biggest potential productivity gain though I think is being able to do something else while the agent is coding, like you can go review a PR and then when you come back check out what the agent produced
Ugh, sounds awful. Constantly context switching and juggling multiple tasks is a sure-fire way to burn me out.
The human element in all of this never seems to be discussed. Maybe this will weed out those that are unworthy of the new process but I simply don't want to be "on" all the time. I don't want to be optimized like this.
I've shifted my mindset to abandon this idea that humanity will survive forever, or that we should strive to live as long as we can.
Intelligence is a scarcity and it cannot overcome the majority of people that are incredibly stupid or ignorant. So accepting that we are doomed relieves some of the stress. I won't have children to worry about their future, either.
I still live my life in such a way that minimizes my impact on the world as much as possible. I still surround myself with folks that want a better world. But there is no stopping the impending doom and I'm trying not to be miserable with the time I have.
Then you probably don't fully understand where he's coming from, do you?