That quote: I don’t buy it. There is plenty of incremental innovation now and more ambitious people still shoot for the stars. If AI is mediocre and doesn’t solve what humans want to solve, it won’t replace human desire for real innovation.
Ideas are cheap and plentiful, everyone has them. They will be pursued, just in greater numbers.
Most of the incremental innovation I've seen from tech for the past ten years has been darkpatterns, enshittification, surveillance, and profit-driven exploitation.
Re:AI and the Rise of Mediocrity
by founderspend on Thursday November 30, 2023 @10:29AM
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No it doesn't. Efficiency unlocks bandwidth for us to explore on higher levels and new directions, and it always has. Efficiency of energy production, manufacturing, transportation, information sharing etc – you cannot seriously believe that these did not spark new waves of innovation and creativity.
Efficiency holds back innovation and creativity. It focuses on cost at the expense of discovery and exploration.