The Udemy betrayal alone deserves its own essay. A man paying for his lead engineer to practice interviewing. I felt that in my chest.
But the Gutenberg point is the one that will stay with me. The printing press didn't kill knowledge — it killed the monopoly on knowledge. That's exactly what's happening. And the renaissance that followed wasn't led by the monks who lost their grip. It was led by everyone who finally got access.
AI gives non-technical founders wings. I know because I was one who got burned before they arrived. The roadmap no longer has to wait.
In the long term, capital's goal is to do away with the human part of labour completely.
Did you see Sam Altman's response to the question about the amount of energy being used to train AI comparing it to the energy used to raise a productive human.
For the guys shaping the current AI race, humans are just work tools which they want to discard of ASAP...
I literally started taking courses on how things (cloud computing, DBs, rest APIs work, so I can have a first principles approach to how to debug and build things in a structured way without needing to learn the jargons of the trade.
Omooo!!!
Nice read.
Incredible piece, Ngozi.
The Udemy betrayal alone deserves its own essay. A man paying for his lead engineer to practice interviewing. I felt that in my chest.
But the Gutenberg point is the one that will stay with me. The printing press didn't kill knowledge — it killed the monopoly on knowledge. That's exactly what's happening. And the renaissance that followed wasn't led by the monks who lost their grip. It was led by everyone who finally got access.
AI gives non-technical founders wings. I know because I was one who got burned before they arrived. The roadmap no longer has to wait.
In the long term, capital's goal is to do away with the human part of labour completely.
Did you see Sam Altman's response to the question about the amount of energy being used to train AI comparing it to the energy used to raise a productive human.
For the guys shaping the current AI race, humans are just work tools which they want to discard of ASAP...
Well written, and apt
Like the nuance and perspective in this writing, Ngozi. And yes, the danger is refusing to engage.
Btw saw that you had some beef with some other people: Silicon Valley giving money to everyone but you! haha
This was beautiful to read
Guy, did you use Claude for this? I know you write well, but this is next level. Excellent commentary on the AI threat / opportunity!
I literally started taking courses on how things (cloud computing, DBs, rest APIs work, so I can have a first principles approach to how to debug and build things in a structured way without needing to learn the jargons of the trade.
This is a bright new world!
Insightful read…much needed as we all think through what comes next?