AI Tools: Are We Replacing Skills or Enhancing Them? (and at what cost)

The Promise vs. Reality of AI in Tech I'm genuinely excited about recent AI advancements. The tools continue improving, and we're discovering more ways to optimize and enhance our work. I've personally found a good rhythm using AI to multiply my skills rather than replace or hinder them. However, I'm concerned about the industry's direction with these improvements. Instead of creating better developers, we're often replacing them. Rather than building amazing accessibility tools, we're creating deep fakes and virtual companions. Instead of developing better MVPs for real problems faster, we're seeing low-quality products marketed as revolutionary simply because they were built without coding experience, for no purpose other than a quick cash-grab. Literally today on LinkedIn on my way to make the original post, I encounter yet another post in my feed from a "non-tech CEO who built this in 2 hours and it will put so many companies out of business!"

Feb 27, 2025 - 16:18

AI Tools: Are We Replacing Skills or Enhancing Them? (and at what cost)

The Promise vs. Reality of AI in Tech

I'm genuinely excited about recent AI advancements. The tools continue improving, and we're discovering more ways to optimize and enhance our work. I've personally found a good rhythm using AI to multiply my skills rather than replace or hinder them.

However, I'm concerned about the industry's direction with these improvements. Instead of creating better developers, we're often replacing them.

Rather than building amazing accessibility tools, we're creating deep fakes and virtual companions.

Instead of developing better MVPs for *real * problems faster, we're seeing low-quality products marketed as revolutionary simply because they were built without coding experience, for no purpose other than a quick cash-grab.

Literally today on LinkedIn on my way to make the original post, I encounter yet another post in my feed from a "non-tech CEO who built this in 2 hours and it will put so many companies out of business!"