Revealing piece on the scale and scope of AI-induced psychosis:

"There seem to be three common delusions [..]. The most frequent is the belief that they have created the first conscious AI. The second is a conviction that they have stumbled upon a major breakthrough in their field of work or interest and are going to make millions. The third relates to spirituality and the belief that they are speaking directly to God. “We’ve seen full-blown cults getting created”

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/26/ai-chatbot-users-lives-wrecked-by-delusion

#ai

OH: “AI programming tools have made the best programmer you know slightly more efficient, and the worst programmer you know infinitely more insufferable and dangerous.”

FUCKING CO-SIGNED (albeit more the latter point…extremely few of the best programmers I know are on board with this crap.)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ekis/116298222342530412

been thinking about the key factors that lead to thinking LLMs as they exist now are replacement to programmers

1) misconception in how far a working demo is from production ready software, people without experience, think that once you have a working demo, that you are like 90% of the way done; when it reality you are more like 10%

2) its like gambling, sometimes, especially early, its possible to get good results, and so one ignores the diminishing returns, or all the times it didnt work

Two reasons why I’m not interested in letting AI ghostwrite for me:

1) Writing is how I think things through and come to conclusions.

2) Above all, I am motivated by the possibility that I have not yet written the best thing I’ll ever write.

https://www.wired.com/story/tech-reporters-using-ai-write-edit-stories/

Some people may think of LLMs as the great equalizer. People who aren't programmers can vibecode working programs now. People who aren't artists can slop out something resembling art. However, it's the exact opposite.

When I was a kid, I also pretended to write programs. Of course, I didn't have such sophisticated toys ("kids could play with a stick for hours", as the hyperbole went). But then, I was fully aware that it's just make-believe and it didn't harm anybody.

#Vibecoding creates a horrible chasm of inequality. We have people who believe they're good programmers (even treating vibecoding as an enlightened religion) who shit tons of code at real human reviewers who now need to sift through. And then, we have projects embracing vibecoding and shitting new releases at unprecedented rate. And these releases again need to be reviewed by humans downstream.

#AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM

That supposed $1 billion Disney investment in "Open"AI was a mirage all along, as so many things related to the AI industry have come to be.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/