AI Code: Just Another Buzzword Bingo, Ain't It?
The Emperor's New Code
So, everyone's bending over backwards to tell us how AI is writing 30% of their code now? Cool story, bro. I remember when people bragged about using Agile. Remember that? Now it's just the water we swim in, and nobody gets a damn medal for showing up to the office and pretending to collaborate on Jira.
This CTO, all puffed up like a pigeon, telling some venture capitalist how his team's code is now one-third AI-generated. And the VC just *shrugs*. That's the future, folks. A world of meaningless metrics and inflated egos.
Why You Don’t Get Any Credit Anymore for 30% of Your Code Being Written By AI
Cursor's at $1B+ ARR? Who gives a rat's ass? It just means some investors are gonna get rich while the rest of us are stuck sifting through AI-generated garbage code.
And let's be real, are we *actually* shipping better products? Or are we just shipping more features that nobody asked for, faster than ever before? Because I'm seeing a lot of the latter.
"Jagged Frontier" or Just a Broken Promise Express?
The "Jagged Frontier" of Broken Promises
This "jagged frontier" that Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick keeps talking about? It's just a fancy way of saying "AI is good at some stuff and sucks at other stuff." No duh. It's like saying a hammer is great for nails but terrible for screws. Thanks for the insight, professor.
But here's the thing that REALLY grinds my gears. These AI evangelists are so focused on *tasks* that they completely forget about *jobs*. They think they can just automate away the boring parts and magically create a workforce of happy, productive cyborgs.
Give me a break.
AI can write code, but can it handle a screaming customer on the phone? Can it navigate office politics? Can it explain to your boss why the damn server crashed *again*? I didn't think so.
And offcourse, the CEOs are lining up, drooling at the prospect of firing half their workforce. "Oh, we're not *replacing* people, we're just *optimizing* our talent." Yeah, right. Tell that to the guy packing up his desk on Friday.
Then again, maybe I'm the crazy one here. Maybe I'm just a bitter old Luddite who's afraid of progress. But I've seen this movie before. It's called "Technological Disruption," and it usually ends with a lot of people getting screwed over.
AI as "Tutor"? More Like Digital Lobotomy
The Human Element (or Lack Thereof)
Mollick says the AI companies don't understand how most work operates, that they don't get that work is complicated and contingent. That's because they're all coders and start-up bros who think the world revolves around their algorithms. They think if they just build a smarter tool, everyone will magically become more productive and efficient.
Newsflash: people are messy. They're emotional. They're irrational. And no amount of AI is going to change that.
And this crap about AI being a "tutor"? Please. It's just another way to dumb down education and churn out a generation of kids who can't think for themselves.
The Sky Is Still Falling
So, what's the real story? AI is just another tool. It's not a magic bullet. It's not going to solve all our problems. And it's definitely not going to replace human beings... yet. But it *is* going to make a lot of rich people richer and a lot of poor people poorer. And that, my friends, is the only prediction I'm willing to make with any certainty.
