Stephen Downes

The simple argument here is that "you can't control (AI) by refusing what is happening right now. Skipping AI is not going to help you or your career." I know not everybody writes software, but the experience of software developers is an important indicator generally. It's this: "It is simply impossible not to see the reality of what is happening. Writing code is no longer needed for the most part. It is now a lot more interesting to understand what to do, and how to do it (and, about this second part, LLMs are great partners, too)." And the 'AI business model' people are concerned about is irrelevant. "It does not matter if AI companies will not be able to get their money back and the stock market will crash... It does not matter if this or the other CEO of some unicorn is telling you something that is off putting, or absurd. Programming changed forever, anyway." I also agree, "this technology is far too important to be in the hands of a few companies."