Microsoft accidentally told the truth about AI

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AI, job market, software development, artificial intelligence, AI costs, Microsoft Copilot, AI research, generative AI, child development, human skills, creativity, AI ethics

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Software developer job hunting is intensely difficult, with AI-generated applications increasingly favored over manual efforts, leading to a candidate losing a job after nine interview rounds to someone using 100% AI.
Software engineering job postings are up 11%, but the market prioritizes speed and cost reduction, often at the expense of quality and maintainability.
AI tools, initially a significant bargain at $20/month, are experiencing rapidly increasing costs, with Microsoft Copilot moving to token-based billing as its running costs nearly doubled since January.
A Microsoft Research paper indicates that advanced AI models can corrupt up to 25% of document content in a long workflow, and surprisingly, giving AI tools made it 6% worse.
The rapid advancement of AI raises concerns about children's development, with parents debating the value of AI-assisted tasks versus the earned skills and inherent depth of human effort and struggle.
Human creation, like a child's drawing, holds infinite depth and represents a process of love and nurturing, whereas AI-generated art, though potentially beautiful, lacks this narrative and emotional foundation.
There's a concern that over-reliance on AI might lead to a future where individuals primarily learn delegation skills, missing out on the development of perspective, suffering, experience, and depth that shape a unique human story.