SuperGent

In 2016 Google was riding high on DeepMind with Alpha Go, etc. I don't think that it was a big stretch to say they would dominate AI in 10 years. It does if you define the meaning of AI though (LLMs, ML, DRL, etc)

This is going to seem boring compared to others, but I'm working on learning enough AI Systems Engineering, in order to get to the point where I can direct and orchestrate AI agents for multiple hours/days and building a harness to help with that. Hopefully this will help my job security, unless the AI goes enough AGI to not need software engineers anymore. It's also really interesting and fun.

Assuming you are on windows, you probably have

I think the op here was pointing out that in some gig jobs, you only get paid whilst doing the task (eg delivering the food) rather than the time they are available to work, such as waiting for a food order. The worker can't do anything else whilst waiting, but still doesn't get paid.

This would, of course, depend on the code. But you could ask it to rewrite the code in another language, and add it; claiming it was your own work (which it is, just using an AI tool) This again opens up the debate of AI generated vs 'hand written' code...

I believe that California is an 'at-will' state so it might not make any difference, but I'm not a lawyer.

I think that they are a measure of how much you participate in the community here. I've been a member for 6 years, but as I usually lurk, my karma is low. I don't use karma as a measure of other posters but I can see why the management locks certain features for those with higher points.

As an ex-fashion photographer, I can tell you that people using your photos, without permission, is almost standard. The only way to get people to respect the copyright is to threaten legal action. NB: I am not condoning the actions of this guy, who it seems was offered, I feel, a fair price ($1000) but wanted more, but it is a real issue for small guys who are not lawyers.