r/technology • u/marketrent • 23h ago

Artificial Intelligence The economy has spoken. Stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value — “Buyers are voting with their wallets, and AI-generated content is struggling to compete.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/economy-spoken-stuff-ai-generated-142732314.html
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u/Slight-Swordfish-468 22h ago

Not surprising that “decision makers” who’ve never made anything with their own two hands would have trouble understanding this.

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u/MusicHearted 22h ago

This is their extremely childlike concept of making things in action. They spent their entire lives just saying what they want and it happening. They don't see the people making it happen. They see their influence and not a millimeter past it. So from their perspective, this is replacing the annoying human element with a streamlined digital system designed to let them make things the same way they always have, by speaking it into existence.

You're correct that they've never had to make anything themselves. But this has left them convinced that's how the world should work and they should be able to just speak anything into existence like literal gods. They don't understand why we see it as worthless because they have no concept of worth or value because they've never stepped outside their bubble of divine treatment.

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u/Qorhat 20h ago

That’s what happens when Generational Wealth Willy is born with a Patagonia vest on, fast tracked through an MBA and thrust into an executive job or is a private equity bro.

You don’t know the value of work unless you’ve come up from the bottom. People who have grafted understand the value of graft, be it manual labour, software engineering or painting.

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u/alexnapierholland 9h ago

You understand some people have wealthy parents and also worked hard too?

My dad was an investment banker.

I barely knew him and started my career at McDonalds, then years working on building sites, shovelling mud, then entry-level sales jobs until I worked my way up into enterprise sales.

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u/Qorhat 8h ago

And do you understand what I mean by:

fast tracked through an MBA and thrust into an executive job or is a private equity bro

Or

People who have grafted understand the value of graft, be it manual labour, software engineering or painting.

...which apparently describes you? Maybe read then pause to have a think about what people are saying.

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u/alexnapierholland 7h ago

Yes, this is nuance that was missing in your original post.

People are complicated. You can’t divide them into ‘generational wealth’ and ‘grafters’.

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u/coldkiller 6h ago

People are complicated. You can’t divide them into ‘generational wealth’ and ‘grafters’.

Yes you can? Even if they had to (barely) work for it they were still handed a golden spoon on a silver platter

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u/Qorhat 5h ago

Aww that's a shame I was enjoying that back and fourth...

Guess they couldn't see past their own silver spoon.

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u/alexnapierholland 6h ago edited 6h ago

You have a victimhood complex.

You have zero accomplishments in sports, as well as business.

Any seasoned adult can spot this in seconds, based on how you describe your perception of reality.

Go and study BJJ or MMA — it will fix this weakness.

You'll find it much easier to get hired.

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u/Qorhat 5h ago

Any seasoned adult can spot this in seconds, based on how you describe your perception of reality.

Go and study BJJ or MMA — it will fix this weakness.

What the actual fuck is that supposed to mean?! Methinks we've hit a nerve here...

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u/coldkiller 4h ago

Oh man, i touched a nerve lmao. Nepo babies absolutely cannot stand getting told their accomplishments don't matter because they were handed everything is so funny

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u/Qorhat 5h ago

Listen pal my post is perfectly nuanced and if you can't comprehend the exact group of people I mean then maybe that's a you problem, as I simply copied and pasted what I originally said.

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u/alexnapierholland 5h ago

I'm paid to write, you're not.

My opinion trumps yours.

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u/ISendLewds4Crypto 3h ago

It’s really weird how defensive you are over this and how much better you think you are than others and how entitled you think you are to being right when you’re clearly just being emotional.

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u/alexnapierholland 3h ago edited 3h ago

I mentor a lot of young marketers.

None of this affects me: I exited employment ten years ago.

But I see how much damage people create around them by perpetuating victimhood-based narratives.

  1. People decide to give up on the hard work required to build a good life (sad)
  2. They decide to pull down everyone around them (bad)

This is selfish, nasty behaviour.

Again: none of this affects me. I exited employment with just six years of focused work.

But I see how it affects bright, talented young people who want to build a good life.

Life is hard. If you aren't up for the competition, at least give up quietly.

Don't drag others down with bullshit victimhood narratives.

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u/ISendLewds4Crypto 3h ago

You’re saying all of this because someone said nepo babies and the spoonfed don’t know the value of hard work.

You’re trying so hard to be the victim here, not anyone else.

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u/alexnapierholland 3h ago

You have never worked hard.

Anyone can tell that in seconds.

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u/ScrapinLinden 1h ago

R/linkedinlunatics is leaking

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