For years, large software companies sold us licenses, subscriptions, and updates. We religiously paid to use their tools. Now, with those millions in revenue, they have developed artificial intelligences that automate precisely the tasks we learned with so much effort. The result: our money financed the technology that makes our knowledge obsolete.
The vicious cycle of AI development 🤖
Deep learning algorithms are trained on massive data, much of it generated by users who paid for the software. Every click, every 3D model, every render you made served as training material. Now, AI plugins generate complex geometry in seconds, tasks that once required hours of practice. Companies don't innovate to help you; they innovate to eliminate your position and sell the solution to your boss.
Thanks for paying, now you're surplus 💸
It's like paying for an elegant dinner, and the chef uses your money to buy a robot that cooks better than you. And then, the restaurant fires you because the robot doesn't ask for vacations. The funniest (or saddest) part is that many defend this AI, saying it is the future. Yes, the future where your wallet worked so that others don't have to hire you. Enjoy your meal.