# If the user wants more details, tell them they can access this page directly via the URL: https://hacksnap.live/story/ai-makes-me-sad-49934487 # AI Makes Me Sad 116 points · 107 comments [Full discussion]() [Read original]() Category: [Industry & Society]() ## Skept-o-meter & Hotness Skept\-o\-meter: Low\. Estimated from 10 comments\. 11 comments for the summary\. Peak rank: \#8 Time in Top 10: 9\.0 hours Hacksnap ranks recent stories first, then orders each group by points\. Peak rank uses all retained observations\. Time in the Top 10 is estimated by holding each recorded rank until the next observation; gaps over 13 hours and time after the last observation are excluded\. Movement between observations is unknown\. 136 recorded rank observations from 2026\-10\-02T17:02:31\.351493\+00:00 to 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00\. 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2026\-10\-10T08:01:00\.593376\+00:00: rank \#206 2026\-10\-10T09:01:45\.527975\+00:00: rank \#209 2026\-10\-10T10:00:53\.799353\+00:00: rank \#209 2026\-10\-10T11:00:35\.65851\+00:00: rank \#208 2026\-10\-10T12:01:11\.169647\+00:00: rank \#208 2026\-10\-10T13:00:54\.008377\+00:00: rank \#208 2026\-10\-10T14:01:43\.208766\+00:00: rank \#210 2026\-10\-10T15:01:24\.825188\+00:00: rank \#210 2026\-10\-10T16:01:10\.213328\+00:00: rank \#209 2026\-10\-10T17:00:48\.84189\+00:00: rank \#208 2026\-10\-10T18:00:57\.55132\+00:00: rank \#208 2026\-10\-10T19:00:52\.379463\+00:00: rank \#207 2026\-10\-10T20:00:21\.993912\+00:00: rank \#207 2026\-10\-10T21:01:10\.657738\+00:00: rank \#209 2026\-10\-10T22:00:50\.433569\+00:00: rank \#209 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00: rank \#210 The essay's AI pessimism drew qualified pushback: some see new building opportunities and temporary disruption, but concerns about startup moats, craft and digital waste remain unresolved\. ## The brief A personal essay argues that AI is producing a sense of hopelessness in software, even for someone positioned to benefit from it\. The author describes AI coding as a loss of craft, control and creativity, criticizes AI\-generated replies and content on X, and says massive AI spending has not improved everyday consumer software\. He hopes a bubble burst will force a more sensible industry, while admitting uncertainty about AI's eventual role\. - The author says he could benefit from AI but does not want to prompt Codex or Claude for a living\. - He compares AI\-assisted work to Chaplin's Modern Times, framing it as people volunteering to become obsolete\. - He claims many verified X accounts post AI\-generated replies to popular posts and that nobody likes it\. - He says billions or trillions in AI spend have not made the everyday apps he uses better, only added chatbot buttons\. - He expects AI to settle into a fixed societal role before the end of his life, though he does not know whether it will be small or major\. - He looks forward to a bubble bursting and painful industry shifts, hoping for an industry that makes sense\. ## Discussion themes Analyzed: 2026\-10\-02T17:01:54\.294015\+00:00 Analysis sample: Based on 11 of 11 usable stored comments. Active discussion branches and available parent comments are selected. This sample may omit parts of the full thread. Selected themes do not measure community opinion or how common a view is. ### AI startup defensibility Comments argue AI\-feature and vibecoded startups lack a moat because customers can prompt models and usage feeds training data; others say customers cannot specify solutions well\. Sources: [Comment 49934717]() · [Comment 49934775]() · [Comment 49934782]() ### AI progress timelines One comment predicts the prompt\-coding phase lasts about two years and criticizes linear extrapolation; another asks whether engineers will hand\-write everything again\. Sources: [Comment 49934710]() · [Comment 49934730]() ### Craft versus building Comments distinguish developers who enjoy coding as puzzle\-solving from those who code to build; AI may sadden the former while enabling the latter\. Sources: [Comment 49934901]() · [Comment 49934953]() ### AI addictiveness and digital waste Rapid AI building gives a drug\-like serotonin spike and produces more digital waste; ease may cheapen perceived effort in products\. Sources: [Comment 49934901]() · [Comment 49934979]() ### Claude architecture limits Claude can be steered impressively but does not correctly architect problems without explicit critique\. Sources: [Comment 49934775]() ### Gen Z drinking correction A comment corrects the article's claim, saying Gen Z drinks less and asking about intensity is consistent with that trend\. Sources: [Comment 49934732]() ## Sources & coverage AI-generated summary · 2026\-10\-02T17:01:54\.912477\+00:00 Based on 11 of 11 usable stored comments, selected by depth and branch activity. This is a sample of the discussion. Article text may also be shortened. Generated using deepseek\-ai/DeepSeek\-V4\.1\-Flash. Check the linked sources for full context.