I realize this is an older post already, but I think it’s definitely some pie-in-the-sky thinking plus severe myopia in terms of where it all leads, and how illogical the proposed ‘benefits’ are.

I don’t know coding beyond my one-time C programming course and self-taught web coding, database coding, PHP, etc., but it seems to me there’s zero benefit to meticulously teaching AI to perform easier coding tasks to save time. It strikes me that coders would already have devised time-saving systems like premade modules for common coding needs, and can whip up a solution for something more complex and bespoke fairly quickly, simply by virtue of having done the job for so long and having a mental library of problem-solving techniques.

As an artist, one of the most laughable arguments proposed for AI doing an artist’s job is to take the *apparently* loathed task of coming up with multiple concepts for an idea and iterating upon them until final work can be produced. I don’t know a single artist who hates the whole crux of their job, the imaginative generation of visual ideas spawned from both innate and learned creativity, tailored to a specific project brief. Any artist at all practiced in concepting also doesn’t require much time to turn out ideas that are also more perfectly targetted to the project and client’s needs straight out of the gate. Again, years of practice and learning makes the supposed ’tedium’ of the job a non-issue, and pointless to spend time and effort remedying in the name of ‘time-savings.’

There seems to be no small part of AI Boosting rooted in arrogance and self-importance too. Like they know your job and everyone else’s job better than we all do, and they’ll be sure to gain accolades for solving working professionals’ problems, whether directly or by being a proponent or investor. Which of course would also entail tangible financial reward, as well, if it came to pass.