Developer writes about loss and hope in the AI era
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On October 2, the Hacker News front page carried a developer's essay, "AI Makes Me Sad." The author says AI makes him sad: classmates are racing to join OpenAI at $500,000 salaries, while he thinks earning a living by prompting Codex or Claude means losing craft, control and creativity. He also criticizes the many verified bots on X that use LLMs to generate meaningless replies with no one moderating them. The essay also voices hope for the future: that after the industry bubble bursts, AI will find a settled role in society.
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- Hacker News front pageAI Makes Me Sad
一位开发者发文坦言 AI 让自己感到悲伤：身边同学争相以 50 万美元年薪入职 OpenAI，而他认为提示 Codex 或 Claude 谋生意味着手艺、控制力与创造力的丧失。他批评 X 上大量认证机器人用 LLM 生成无意义回复却无人治理，并期待行业泡沫破裂后 AI 在社会中获得固定角色。
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