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I don't think that my product demos will tell you much about how effective AI has been, but here:

Now you can't say nobody has anything to show.

This does real-time DSP (time stretching, effects, analog emulation), in a language I didn't know when I started (C++), that I started a couple of months ago.

I could not have created this without AI, cannot make progress without AI. When I use up my Pro account limits, I'm done for the day - I'm too slow without it for continuing to make sense.

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> I could not have created this without AI, cannot make progress without AI. When I use up my Pro account limits, I'm done for the day - I'm too slow without it for continuing to make sense.

And this is why untold billions are sunk into AI. Creates a dependency on their services and removes agency from end users.

Edit: yes I’m aware it adds agency in the sense that some people can do things they couldn’t do before… as long as that’s permitted/surveilles, which is where the agency is lost.

Same as github, then. Same as photoshop. Same as any SAAS.

I've don't see how I've lost agency. It's not like it's made me a worse coder: getting so much faster with AI hasn't made me slower without it.

> hasn't made me slower without it

> > cannot make progress without AI. When I use up my Pro account limits, I'm done for the day

Aside from the contradictory statements, I did address your points in my edit. I get the tradeoff. As long as whatever you do is in line with the providers of the services, and as long as you're ok with the surveillance, then sure... It's a tradeoff that MUST be considered and be aware of..

> Same as github, then. Same as photoshop. Same as any SAAS.

You can get stuff done without these.

Do cars remove agency from drivers? If I'm on a road trip, and 200 miles into it, 100 miles from my destination, it breaks down, should I start walking, or find another motorized vehicle to complete my journey?

Local models exist.

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