Things never vanish.
They do go into a state of decline, and that decline can be non-viable economically.
For example, I own a bread machine. Do I still buy bread? Yes, but not as much. Bakeries still exist, but their profit margins are more constrained than they would be if bakeries didn’t exist.
Theater still exists.
Radio still exists.
Television still exists.
Email still exists.
Postal mail still exists.
Everything that has been declared dead or destroyed still exists.
Do people in those professions earn as much as they used to? No.
Is there as much focus on those professions as there used to be when they were new? No.
Think about horse and buggy drivers. Do they still exist? Go to large metropolitan cities and you’ll find scenic carriage rides with horse-drawn carriages.
Think about ice delivery services. Do they still exist? Ask high end bars about how much a single large, clear cube of ice costs. (Up to $5)
So why such doom talk about AI? Because AI turns specialty into commodity, and with that comes downward pricing pressures. Software development took specialization to write code. AI removes the writing part (not the thinking part) and that exerts strong downward pressure.
It’s not going to kill anything. It will make some things commercially non-viable. For people in those professions, that’s cold comfort – not being able to earn a living sucks.
But if you think about the value chain and the value lifecycle, you’ll see the impact of AI distributed unequally along it. Figure out where in your own value chain AI has the hardest time delivering value. That’s where you need to pivot to.
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