The AI hype is a mass psychosis echo chamber of incompetent individuals
13 hours ago
- The author criticizes the AI hype as a mass psychosis, with people mindlessly adopting AI tools without critical thought.
- Many colleagues and friends embraced AI coding tools like Claude, claiming they no longer need to write code, but the author found this troubling and doubted their competence.
- Trying 'vibe coding' with AI was frustrating; the generated code was often convoluted and inefficient, taking more time than manual coding would.
- The author realized AI gives incompetent people a false sense of competency, which explains its popularity, but this leads to deskilling and reduced actual ability.
- Despite the hype, the author believes AI will eventually be seen as just a tool, with genuine innovation re-emerging once the hype dies down.