don't bury your head in the sand

I think it's a bit hard to ignore the current state of the world when it comes to AI. Regardless of where go, there's a very strong pushback against AI (specifically, LLMs). And while we could go on and on about the pros and cons of AI, the drawbacks to education and impacts to society and all that, I wanted to rant a bit today about one thing that particularly gets me - and that's people burying their head in the sand. I find it difficult to have constructive conversations about AI with people shoot off phrases like, "it's just the next crypto!" or "we'll hit model collapse and it'll all be useless!". Hyperbole offers nothing to the conversation; clearly, something has shifted society wide. While there are clear issues with the technology, it's simply illogical at this point to say that it's a fad, or that it will go away; to believe so is burying your head in the sand. an anecdote on software engineeringOut of personal experience, I find this particularly severe in the junior…