SMRTR AIFeb 16, 2026Hacker News

I guess I kinda get why people hate AI

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A programmer on vacation in Hawaii reflects on growing anxiety about AI potentially ending his career, despite previously defending the technology against critics. While he still finds AI useful for coding tasks, he now understands why others hate it after witnessing students cheat with ChatGPT, his father fall for AI-generated scams, and experiencing an flood of low-quality AI content across platforms, all while AI company leaders paradoxically market their products by warning they'll destroy jobs and create a "permanent underclass."

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