Gatekeepers

<h1>Gatekeepers</h1> <p>6 motnh ago I wrote on [[Tools, thinking and people]] where I explored a bit how interacting with AI is a bit simialr to interatcing with Google Search 20 years ago.</p> <p>Today I want to talk about diffent thing that bothers me in the tech industry.</p> <p>Recetly Sunil wrote this longer <a href="https://x.com/threepointone/status/2090397096176177397">tweet</a> - exploring how some senior tech people were negative and skeptical of AI publicly and how after AI improved dramatically recnely they painted themselves into the corner.</p> <p>There is one more related phenomenon. Even before the AI I worked with few very senior engineers that stayed at the company for many years. They were setin up all the technicla agenda and makign key decisions. But if you look into comapny software and tools and processes - all were 10 years old - slow UI, ug</p>