It's demotivating to think that:

- LLMs aren't good at producing original / novel work
- You still need experts to advance that stuff
- It will always be slower to move without using LLMs
- Once an innovation is done though, an innovation can always be scooped up by the LLM users
- "Bro why are you doing all this manually, I just vibe coded that in a weekend"

Will it always be this way? It's depressing in the meanwhile, at least.

@cwebber Relatedly, the mental health of writers, translators, editors, and language workers in general outside of computer science is just... completely wrecked. I don't know anyone who feels optimistic about this stuff OR the future of the fields of publishing, literature, knowledge production, etc. who isn't a manager trying to justify layoffs.
@gersande @cwebber FWIW, it's not much better within computer science either. It seems like everyone's mental health is falling off. The only people who seem to be doing well right now are those who drank the coolaid and genuinely believe we're on the cusp of an LLM-based Eutopia or something.