In an era of tech companies & influencers pushing hard on #AI, I'm sitting here refreshing my knowledge on PHP programming.
Know the fundamentals and:
- enjoy your craft
- spend less money
- don't fear about when the AI providers alter their deals
You'd think that countries already grappling with the terrible impact of having outsourced their manufacturing - and how that is crippling their economy and national security now - might recognise a new outsourcing of fundamental capability. But no.
I'll re-iterate what I said yesterday:
- Once you outsource your manufacturing to other countries, you no longer retain the skills and workforce to spin it back up.
- Once you're reliant on outsourced work, the people you outsourced to have the power and get to dictate terms.
AI is *exactly* the same thing.
Once it's been relied on long enough that there are not enough juniors with the fundamental knowledge, few to no seniors left... that's the end of your ability to not rely on AI providers.
Which in-and-of-itself isn't "bad" if you're the company or country that owns the AI providers.
That'll change. And then you're fucked.
@mattwilcox what could possibly go wrong with making your provider chain completely reliant on companies that embody the absolute worst of Silicon Valley culture and have yet to show how they’re going to make a profit? (/s)
But seriously, I cannot _wait_ for all this to go Total Inability To Support Usual Performance and for everyone to suddenly exclaim that it was impossible to see this coming.
Matt Wilcox
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