> It would be great if there was some internal “make this benefit Main Street and knowledge workers” department, helping find ways for workers or creators to capture the value of some of the increased productivity.

If they wanted to do this, they could put their models in a public trust for the public's access and benefit in research, education, etc. Then it could be licensed, pay a dividend like a sovereign wealth fund, etc.

Considering that they copy and train on the sum total of all human creativity, a public trust is something that would be in line with both the spirit, and first and fourth considerations, of fair use doctrine:

    1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
    2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
    3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
    4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

I don't need software developer salaries to go up. That would be kind of selfish and narrow minded.

What I need instead is something that takes the burden off my entire society and gives them a breather. Universal health care to start. They could also use a higher minimum wage, and lower housing costs.

I am afraid that will be up to individuals, the business you work for likely hasn't got much incentive to let you capture the new value.

You'll either need to freelance, or start a company (or maybe a co-op) to capture the new value created by your ability to leverage AI.

It won't be much different to when a company buys more CNC machines and the employees don't get any more money despite producing way more parts.

>if you find some way to make software developer salaries go up

This is quite easy. Just optimize the models to do reviews and bug finding. This would make developers (who normally hate reviews) quite happy and let them do more coding, thus delivering more value and possibly earning more...

Is that feasible? The coding tools already unlock a ton of possibilities for people to create value, but people have to capitalize on it.

I have no clue what this would look like other than maybe an investment fund for people creating apps/businesses based on Claude tools.

Lol they don't have control over the free market. But it absolutely does make the top 10% of developers much more valuable.

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Of all the possible criticisms that's the one you chose? If that's the worst of the problems you can see, why don't you buy some stock and became the shareholder. Per your own words, you will get more.

At least with search engines, or even libraries, you're aware that there are many authors of varying reliability and the publications/sites might not be reputable.

AI chat bots will summarize the top N web search results as if they're fact, weaving them into seemingly coherent narratives, all while reassuring the user that their questions are really good and they're learning a lot.

Oh no

An infinitely patient and somewhat schizophrenic teacher.

The companies offering free software will leverage AI to extract more value from you via increased surveillance, ads, and paid preference shaping.

So... not much benefit either.

There is a practical upper bound on how much labor can be replaced before deflation becomes a problem. AI firms risk spoiling the pot if no other business model is discovered.