> Instead of making their life easier, AI has resulted in drastically reduced timelines and ebbing appreciation for creativity.
I've felt this personally as a dev. We are getting squeezed to move and deliver faster because we have AI.
I liken AI hype to crypto hype. There will be always be some wide-eyed techno-optimist rube waxing poetic about how AI will open the door towards a 4-day workweek, just like how crypto will strengthen civil society by reducing the influence of banks in handling commerce.
The reality is a lot simpler (and darker) when you realize who the buyers of this technology are, and what they want from it. And what they want is always the same...more, and faster.