While the ability of AI tools to steam engine entire human occupations remains a subject of heated debate, a sobering reality is starting to settle in.
Big tech companies are laying off workers in the thousands, with CEOs expecting the worst and predicting soaring employment rates among college graduates — while gleefully cutting costs at their companies and not looking back.
Consequently, the sub...
The article presents a carefully constructed narrative designed to evoke anxiety about the future of work, framing AI not as a neutral technological advancement but as an active agent of destruction. Karpathy’s interactive chart, despite its hasty withdrawal, serves as a powerful, if flawed, visual representation of this anxiety, tapping into pre-existing fears about automation. The “vibe coding” anecdote is particularly revealing—it’s not an earnest attempt at rigorous analysis, but a weekend p...