Then the joke lands wrong on two levels because, one, AI code is being enforced by higher ups, not developers (it is “cheaper” after all, as long as you don’t count the tedious shitty work needed to fix it), and two, the comic represents “Programmers” actually in control of that shit and (mis)using it for personal gain.
It’s true we don’t fear it as much as artists, because the thing with art is that it’s way easier for a cynical board of executives to go for “good enough” crappy pseudo-art and not break anything. It does not mean developers in general aren’t impacted negatively by that shit too, and it certainly does not mean they are profiting of it and enabling it.
However this is clearly what transpires from the comic.
I think the joke here is that the programmers know just how bad the AI product is and so aren’t fearing for their jobs quite the same way.
Idk a developer worth their salt who is truly afraid of AI taking their job, because we’ve seen what AI “can do”
Then the joke lands wrong on two levels because, one, AI code is being enforced by higher ups, not developers (it is “cheaper” after all, as long as you don’t count the tedious shitty work needed to fix it), and two, the comic represents “Programmers” actually in control of that shit and (mis)using it for personal gain.
It’s true we don’t fear it as much as artists, because the thing with art is that it’s way easier for a cynical board of executives to go for “good enough” crappy pseudo-art and not break anything. It does not mean developers in general aren’t impacted negatively by that shit too, and it certainly does not mean they are profiting of it and enabling it.
However this is clearly what transpires from the comic.
I think you’re attempting to talk on my behalf and it’s not working for me.
You interpreted the joke differently, but a number of us didn’t. That’s all.