Ask HN: How do you personally overcome AI doomerism?
Every time I open HN, it feels like there's another story about AI automating tasks that used to be someone’s job—tools for code generation, debugging, or even design seem to dominate the front page, if we're focusing on the context of software engineering.
It's difficult to avoid feeling pressured or concerned about the future of our line of work, and I'm sure that those in other professions may also identify with this. In what ways do you individually handle these worries? What keeps you from losing sight of the good while navigating the gloom and ambiguity around AI's place in the workforce and, more broadly, in the world?
It's difficult to avoid feeling pressured or concerned about the future of our line of work, and I'm sure that those in other professions may also identify with this. In what ways do you individually handle these worries? What keeps you from losing sight of the good while navigating the gloom and ambiguity around AI's place in the workforce and, more broadly, in the world?