Re:AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the...
by whimsicalism on Sunday January 18, 2026 @11:24AM
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My job is essentially delivering faster with no guard rails. I know it is a common HN sentiment that nobody can do my job better than me because I am the most thoughtful person to ever do it.
This is explicitly not what I am saying given that I am leading with AI getting close to being able to do much of what is currently my job. I find it hard to imagine a world where we stagnate right where we are and it takes a decade to do anything more aka I cannot imagine a world where a considerable portion of jobs are not automatable soon - and I do not even think it will be shittier.
Re:AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the...
by sodapopcan on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:12PM
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What will not be shittier about it? What do you envision these jobs are that are going to replace the current ones?
This is what every person who's been laid off by AI says. Every single time. People really like to assume that the work they do is important, except companies don't care about important they care about pushing shit out the door, faster and cheaper. Your high level math and business reasoning do not matter when they can just let someone cheaper go wild and deliver faster with no guard rails.