Maybe its just me but here are people who made the world around us possible, and yet theu go unnoticed, in shadows, we seriously should celebrate and discuss scientists and technologists more, there are so many out there as important as Einstein, Lorenz Feynman and yet no where to be found in todays culture...
I think it's a personal stance so the degree of absoluteness doesn't matter. It's what he prefers.
We can tell him it's too harsh when he feels the pinch of cutting of all writers using LLMs. As far as use of LLMs to clean up ones language usage is concerned, there's a difference between editing the content it generates, and learning grammar patterns and word usages from it and applying them while writing on your own. When the latter is done, no one can tell.
I'll add another analogy of my own: "guy harvests his own ice, is mad at others for buying it from the store"
He is mad at others using AI on his favorite blogging website. I think it is an insult to himself, because most AI produced articles etc. are unreadable and full of useless filler information - I think the guy can do better.
The analogy compares a writer complaining about generative AI to an ice delivery person demanding a ban on refrigerators. Here's the breakdown:
Ice delivery guy = Traditional writer
Going on strike = Complaining or protesting
Demanding ban of fridges = Calling for restrictions on generative AI
The analogy suggests that the writer's complaint about generative AI is as futile and outdated as an ice delivery person trying to ban refrigerators. Just as refrigerators made ice delivery largely obsolete, the implication is that generative AI might be seen as a technological advancement that could potentially impact traditional writing roles.
I too feel happy when something good happens in someone's life. I am sure a lot of people do. That is not by itself the origin of envy. So where do I look next?
Once the spectacle is over - at myself of course!
I see my shortcomings and from there begin the possibility for all kinds of problems and at the same time improvements in my life. What course does my mind take though? I can certainly hear the voice of resentment in my head when I see something I think is "good for them!" But I must quieten that voice and turn to what is the better approach - to improve myself. This takes effort.
So no it is not as simple as you put it here. I am sure you are aware of this struggle. This is not something new.
What is new is the frequency with which one is presented with things that reproach ones sense of well-being. Are they eating better food? Living better, happier lives? Having more beautiful babies? And why?
So it is only probable that one will slip into a stupor- with so many shortcomings and so many people out there.
