Ask HN: Will Humans Become Useless?

Posted by misano on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:58AM
from the ask-hn dept.

We are seeing a shift in the emergence of new tools towards humans and agents so that the product can be used by these two. It is likely that the next generation of tools will only be used by agents, and humans will only be consumers, not producers. So what will be human use?

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Re:Ask HN: Will Humans Become Useless? by theroadnotbacon on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:09AM (#50422561)

In the ancestral environment, prior to even agriculture, was the “use” of humans merely to hunt and to gather? To reproduce? What is your “use” to your friends and family? What is the “use” in a smile, or a laugh, or tears, that an LLM could possibly take from you?

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