Why on earth hadn’t the wife bought the domain name before it even got to this stage. Neither the author nor the AI will be able to argue with a auccessful project. ‘til the thing isnout there, this is just chin-stroking.
The domain name incident absolutely isn’t a strong enough case to justify pivoting a career.
The clients suggesting features and changes might be a reason to pivot a career, but towards programming and away from product/system development. I mean, let the client make the proposal, accept the commission at a lower rate that doesn’t include what you’d have charged to design it, and then build it. AI ought to help get through these things faster, anyway, and you’ve saved time on design by outsourcing to the client. In theory, you should have spare time for a break, a hobby, or to repeat this process with the next client that’s done the design work for you.
I agree with all the points about agency, confidence, experience (the author used “authority”). We must not let LLMs rob us of our agency and critical thinking.
> I mean, let the client make the proposal, accept the commission at a lower rate that doesn’t include what you’d have charged to design it, and then build it.
The client will still blame you when it doesn’t meet their real needs. And rightfully so, as much as a doctor would still be blamed if he followed a cancer treatment plan the patient brought in from ChatGPT
My wife and I bounce ideas around all the time for fun. She would’ve registered the domain anyway because she believed in it, and that’s what really matters to me is conviction and passion. What worries me is when AI interrupts that, and people start following shadows in Plato’s cave instead of their own judgment. Thanks.
The shadows in Plato's cave are our own judgments, or perceptions rather. It's essentially the story of the blind men and the elephant. Not sure how you're using it as an analogy.
It's a story about how if you have superior vision and understanding to everyone else, if you try to tell them about it they'll get mad at you. Written by a guy everyone was mad at.
Yeah, it does have that flaw: the philosopher who goes outside the cave isn't just in a larger cave, he sees reality, supposedly. And weaker minds reject it because they just can't handle the blinding light of the truth, not because there might be further errors.
You are right, but I am trying to get at is that AI makes those “shadows” look sharper and more convincing, so it’s even easier to mistake them for truth.
> Why on earth hadn’t the wife bought the domain name before it even got to this stage.
Shit, if LLMs have solved that unsolved problem in computer science, naming things, our profession really is over.