The real threat of Model collapse isn't an AI Habsburg chin; it's the possibility of AI becoming the McDonald's we secretly crave. While researchers panic about vanishing tail distributions and recursive training loops, the real tragedy is simpler: we're building boring machines for a market that rewards predictability over surprise. The models won't collapse. They'll converge on exactly the mediocrity we deserve.

Two camps emerge: Nilenso says AI amplifies the skills of skilled developers. Fly.io says stop fetishizing craft—we're problem solvers, not artisans.

The bottleneck has shifted from writing code to knowing what to build.