FlakiFeb 20

"Learning to work effectively with AI is quickly becoming a core professional skill. Ignoring AI today would be like refusing to adopt source control twenty years ago."

Oh golly, I almost forgot SVN stole hundreds of thousands of peoples' (and particularly artists) livelihoods, set us back decades in climate change emissions reduction and increasingly hurling towards global catastrophe while _also_ upending global economy in hogging the combined human output of equipment production to manifest _even more_ data centers that will propel us even further towards a hypercapitalist dystopian hellscape. Good to be reminded.

Show threadAzuaron

@flaki Look, I hate AI more than just about anyone, but that quote is orthogonal to everything you're saying. Both things are true:

  • Learning to work effectively with AI is quickly becoming a core professional skill. Ignoring AI today would be like refusing to adopt source control twenty years ago.

  • AI is a massively destructive and unethical technology.

These statements are not contradictory.

My company is going to make me learn AI soon, and I really don't know what I'm going to do after that. It seems like all software engineering jobs are going full AI now. Stick it out and hate my life? Go full luddite and take down data centers? Die homeless? Retrain to a new industry?

Maybe I'll become a welder.

Feb 20 at 1:03pmWeb
Show threadMatt PanaroFeb 20
@Azuaron @flaki
hah, I just saw a billboard for a welding school the other day, and seriously thought about it 😜
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 20
@Azuaron @flaki AI is a core professional skill in 2026 like doing lines of coke was a core professional skill in 1985. That is to say, a lot of people might be doing it and pressuring you to join, but that doesn't make it good, and it doesn't mean you have to do it.
Show threadAzuaronFeb 20
@theorangetheme Buddy, fuck off. I'm literally going to get fired about this, so just fuck off.
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 20
@Azuaron I'm sorry, but you don't need to talk to me that way. Enjoy your block.