Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap?

#11

Post by bohdanstefaniuk » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

I have kind of the same feeling that right now when subscription is quite cheap and companies spend VC money we get used to using those tools and basically replace manual coding. And I'm worying what will happen when OpenAI and Cluade realize that they need to each money and make profit.

I think the way to solve this are open weights models, but they are still pretty new and less powerful, from my experience, that SOTA models

Re: Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap?

#12

Post by sph » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC

> Hello HN, I use AI to code, not all the time but it gets work done

Man in the trap wonders if they are walking into a trap.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap?

#13

Post by skor » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC

sph wrote: post #12

> Hello HN, I use AI to code, not all the time but it gets work done Man in the trap wonders if they are walking into a trap.

made me chuckle, thanks

Re: Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap?

#14

Post by mrKola » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC

It is a trap. Who is telling you otherwise, us setting us into the trap.

Re: Ask HN: Are we all walking into a trap?

#15

Post by skyberrys » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC

Sevii wrote: post #10

Open Weights models are only about a year behind. Once a model is released its open weights forever. In a few years we will look back at 2026 era hardware as incredibly puny for AI workloads. Simultaneously, edge models will continue to get more expensive and more powerful.

Edge models, why would they get more expensive? Over time I imagine the edge models will get more capable and the edge hardware will remain lower cost, causing greater interest in edge computing with high performance models.