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patrick451 | 2 months ago

Most of humanity is mediocre. Very few people are excellent. You're response of "touch luck, just be better" to a population with a mean IQ of 100 will lead to pitchforks in the streets.

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kingstnap|2 months ago

A shocking number of people are so well below mediocre that its kind of amazing how okayish we get by even pre AI. Makes me thing there is more robustness than you might expect given terrible numbers.

For example what seemed crazy to me that as a country Greece somehow had and still has ~half of their households *primary* source of income being pensions.

RamblingCTO|2 months ago

I'm talking about writers and software developers. Not everyone. The mob is already here, in the comments. You can't automate taste so far. That's why I'm saying: if you, as a writer, bring no taste because you're the equivalent of a code money, what are you expecting?

user_7832|2 months ago

> That's why I'm saying: if you, as a writer, bring no taste because you're the equivalent of a code money, what are you expecting?

You're assuming "Writer laid of must be because org did not find them to be a very good writer".

The issue,

#1, unless you're yourself an editor or a former writer, you really can't distinguish between moderate and excellent writing. (I know someone personally who's very experienced, and I struggled while actively trying to make out the tells in the quality of writing. The difference between good and great writing can be very subtle.)

Bigger issue #2 is, the board DGAF about any of this.

If they can get a sloppy write up for free with their chatgpt subscription instead of a fair human price, who cares if the quality and brand value drops and the company goes bankrupt? That's an issue 5 years from now, good thing the CEO's already retired by then, right?

TrackerFF|2 months ago

Tbh, the unemployed 130+ IQ workers will also join the mob once their are gone.