We can talk all day about how these models are going to produce so much good and produce value. And I think they will. But the reality is many of my buddies are unemployed, can't seem to find jobs, and continue to send 1,000 resumes a week on LinkedIn.
This is even worse for new grads.
These models are wonderful tools but a majority of people don't know how to do much other than write emails with them. Just because you invent a tool like the hammer, doesn't mean everyone is going to magically know how to build a house with it.
I don't think people are lazy. Last week I made a tweet doing a free Codex class and 5,000 people came by. It's clear people want to build and adapt, they just don't know where to start.
The appetite is there, but nearly all of the scaffolding education is missing.
AI people love to quote the industrial revolution all the time, and how back then people were scared of machines taking their jobs but it all worked out.
What they never mention is that it only worked out because we built an entire education system from scratch to bring everyone along. The industrial revolution created a massive wave of new jobs and nobody was trained for any of them. The tools didn't save anyone on their own, because the education had to catch up.
It's never been a better time to start an education company. Millions of people want to learn, many of the tools are free, and the only thing missing is someone showing them the way.