The writing’s on the wall

I don’t know why people don’t see it.

I’m sitting here in my small apartment, looking at my screen. I’ve been looking at my screen all day. It’s weekend. I’m looking forward to a quiz later tonight with my friends. Maybe a pint or two.

Face to face contact. Nice. It’s something I’ve been craving more and more lately.

My brain feels frazzled.

I can’t describe it. The feeling that the world is moving ever faster. Maybe I’m just getting old. 35. Not young, not old. Somewhere in between.

The next milestone was created yesterday. AI can now edit images and iterate on them with complete consistency. The same character in different poses. No more Dreambooth, no more Lora’s. It just works.

Ghiblify this. ghiblify that.

Another few industries disrupted in one fell swoop.

Goddammit. It’s not one of my industries. I’m not bothered. I’m not a painter or an artist or a graphic designer, not even a marketeer or an interior designer.

Just a coder. Well, ML engineer to be exact.

Damn. I had a convo with my wife yesterday. This is the first time in the last 3 years where I really fear for my future. I don’t exactly know what future jobs are gonna look like. Sure new jobs will be invented. But there’s gonna be big disruption. I am now sure of that.

I told her I am going to start taking the “entrepreneurial” thingy more serious. I’ve been creating projects all my life. Only one of them succeeded a bit. One of the first ones I did. I got demotivated and sold it for a low amount. That made me lazy and complacent.

I then started freelancing. That made me even more lazy. Easy money. That was 10 years ago.

Now. I need to take action now. I told her, It’s easy to put my head in the sand for another few years. Ride it out. Keep using AI for everything. But then what?

No, things changed today. Even though the image thing is not my problem. I can see the writing on the wall now.

I need to take action. Really start thinking about what’s next. Like do I want to do something in the physical world? Something that doesn’t have anything to do with coding? I’m not sure. All I know is that the world is not gonna look the same in 3 years.

You know, I’ve been saying this since GPT 2. But everything becomes normal fast.

I’m running in front of a train, and it’s picking up steam. Most of us are running right along with me. Maybe it’s time to think about where we’ll jump off to the side. Because the train is not going to stop.