AI Has Officially Made Us Unemployed

The classic "Flex Tape" meme perfectly captures today's tech industry obsession. Got a simple problem that could be solved with basic code? Nah, let's slap AI on it and call ourselves innovators! It's like watching someone use a nuclear missile to kill a spider. The number of startups that could be replaced with an if-statement but instead raised millions for their "AI-powered solution" is just... *chef's kiss* beautiful absurdity. Next time your PM asks "can we use machine learning here?" just remember this meme and try not to laugh directly in their face.

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Paying $1200/month to use GPT-4 to uppercase text. That's like hiring a brain surgeon to put on a band-aid. The real kicker? Someone spent their entire weekend auditing API costs only to discover they could've just used .toUpperCase() and saved $1000. The most expensive string transformation in history. Somewhere, a regex is laughing at us all.

The tech industry's relationship with the word "open" is like that ex who said they wanted an "open relationship" but actually meant "I want to see other people while you stay committed." On the left, we've got "Open" VPNs with fine print that would make a lawyer blush: "free" (after you pay), "unlimited" (for exactly two people), and source code you can view from such a distance you'll need the James Webb telescope. And then there's "Open" AI on the right—about as open as Fort Knox during a security drill. "Open research" (coming never), "open models" (just trust us, bro), and an "open culture" where sharing is strictly forbidden. After 15 years in tech, I've learned that "open" is corporate-speak for "we'll keep it open until we've captured enough market share to slam the door shut." Classic bait-and-switch, now with 100% more paywalls!

The double standard of AI acceptance is painfully real. Write code with AI? The dev community collectively snores. Generate a slightly wonky sunset image? Suddenly everyone's a digital art critic with opinions stronger than their coffee. The tech world's selective outrage meter is basically: AI-generated code that powers critical infrastructure: Meh, whatever works AI-generated art with one too many fingers: CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY! Meanwhile, artists are in the corner watching their jobs evaporate while developers keep telling themselves "AI just helps me code faster" as it quietly writes their entire authentication system.

Ah, the eternal optimism of management thinking AI will magically fix broken developers. Spoiler alert: if you couldn't code before, ChatGPT just helps you generate bugs with more confidence. It's like giving a better shovel to someone who's digging in the wrong spot – you're just hitting bedrock faster. The real 10x developer move is knowing when to not use AI and actually understand what you're building.