[andy_xor_andrew]

no payoff whatsoever? I just asked Claude to do a task that would have previously taken me four days. Then I got up and got lunch, and when I was back, it was done.

I would never make the argument that there are no risks. But there's also no way you can make the argument there are no payoffs!

[dangus]

So, where’s the payoff?

Now you can’t be paid to do that task and you’ve made yourself unemployed or paid lower in the future.

Meanwhile, mountains of additional energy is being comsumed to do that task, and a small handful of companies like Nvidia collect all the profit that used to go to people like you paid to do that task.

You don’t own a data center and your labor is on an express train to being worthless.

So, fine, I agree with you. There’s a big payoff. You’re just not the one getting it.

[blibble]

> I just asked Claude to do a task that would have previously taken me four days.

I think this probably says more about you than the "AI"

[steve_adams_86]

That's not a very constructive thought given you don't know what the task is or why it could have taken them days. In a field as large and complex as software, there are myriad reasons why any single person could find substantial time-saving opportunities with LLMs, and it doesn't have to point to their own inadequacies.