Open source is dead, AI-pundits are applying the wrong lessons. No one has to accept AI or play the game all these AI companies don’t work if everyone stops publishing. Let the AI generated content industry have the publish space, they're very adamant about taking it over and watering it down with slop.

I wrote some very nice expressive text for our deployment guide. My project manager took the guide and had Gemini break it down into plain boring bullet points. AI and the pundits can gf themselves in their journey to kill human expression.

Here is what I wrote in the guide:

"Post Deploy Responsibility

If you made it this far, say “Wow I really did it and it was so easy!”

Did you say it? Good. Now you are entirely responsible for any issues or bugs that may arise from the newly deployed code. Don’t go anywhere until the deploy has finished (usually takes a few minutes). While an issue or bug may not leave you directly at fault, you are responsible for coordinating any rollbacks or remediations that may be needed until the next deploy."

Here is what the product manager slopped it into:

"- Post deploy responsibility

  - You are responsible for performing QA upon deployment 

  - You are responsible for any issues or bugs that may arise from newly deployed code 

  - You are responsible for coordinating any rollbacks or remediations that may be needed until the next deploy"

My paragraph wasn't long, hard to understand, or poorly written. I wouldn't have objected to a rewording or some changes but the project manager chose to just copy paste it into Gemini and copy and paste it back. So my take is that they didn't understand what I wrote. Which is a few sentences long and frankly sad if a paragraph is too intense for you to read. When my project manager did this during the meeting I said, "RIP human expression" and their response was a very hasty "no that's not what's happening". This is what all the pundits want to do to everyone and society. Don't believe them that "it's just a tool", that is just a tactic to get you to rollover so they can shove more AI in your face.

Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Lesson