I think you're underestimating how things used to be - you could go into any office, any closet, any coffee shop and find a shit-ton of half-baked, crazy-genius, kick-ass, retarded ideas and projects lying around everywhere in the world: filing systems, carpet organizing systems, outlines for film scripts, unsent letters to loved ones, etc etc etc. Whole worlds everywhere you look. And other people chipping in their two-cents worth, adding a few new filing cabinets, an idea for a film sequel, a new way to think about a different carpet, a notebook system to organize someone else's unsent letters... All this slop eventually thrown into nasty, fetid garbage dumps, forgotten.
replyA.I. potentially breathing new life into every personal Graveyard of Half-Assed False Starts.
replyWhat's not to like ?
All of that stuff meant something to someone though. They put real time and effort into those creations.
reply> All this slop eventually thrown into nasty, fetid garbage dumps, forgotten.
replyIsn't that how it is supposed to be?
The lower the friction, the lower the signal:noise ratio.
It doesn't matter if 1 out of every 100k slop projects is actually a humdinger, how on earth will you ever find it?
The value of a project is the commitment to to it by people. Slop projects indicates a commitment in the low to none range.
So, yeah, that AI-booster who "created" (I use that word loosely) 7x Adobe replacements in a week (none of which actually work, but he'll get there eventually, I supposed) will successfully edge out the person who carefully and thoughtfully created a Photoshop replacement over six months of user feedback.
TBH, the only way to start a software business now is in stealth mode.