Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
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#22Swaillop
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#24Deep Blue? https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/
Oh that's funny, kinda recent too, I try to listen to their podcast, the main guy's speaking can't seem to keep up with his brain
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#25>> If I want to keep my job I need to use it. So use it. I've been programming for 45 years, and I've found it to be a really useful tool. I'm still writing code, still doing all the fun stuff, but I'm moving along MUCH faster than before. Mostly because when I get stuck I ask the AI questions. About the code, about the API I'm talking to and so on. In the past I remember spending days finding really obscure bugs, or…
Yeah I use AI from Google search then I type I'm a sample piece of code.
The vibe coding where you have the side panel say copilot integrated into vs code and android...
Idk it's like ego I guess. Anytime somebody presents some app I'm like "wow you made that? Crazy" then it's like "no AI made it" and I'm like oh...
I mean I'm gonna do it since I'm broke and can't quit right now but I am gonna leave eventually. Find another way to make money.
It's not about just making money it's hopefully passion/joy of doing it. I have coworkers gloating like "I only work 10 hours a week since AI codes fo me" which is fine but I also think it's an ends to a means thing. No passion... which again is fine personal choice but not my choice for me.
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#26How would you feel for a secretary who refused to use a typewriter or an accountant who didn’t want to use a spreadsheet? Times change. You’re just sad the times changed for you in a way you didn’t like.
Is it the same thing
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#27AI Luddism?
It's not about hating the AI. It's about pushing back against our value being stripped away. Never thought We'd actually relate to the industrial workers this way.
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#30AI Luddism? It's not about hating the AI. It's about pushing back against our value being stripped away. Never thought We'd actually relate to the industrial workers this way.
Also the replacement of craftsmanship with mass produced lower quality output possible for workers with less training and partial understanding to produce.
Processes are more efficient, machines are faster, workers are easily replaceable. The quality and complexity of the product is limited by these requirements.