Worth

Will fry all the brains of humanity for double the engagement (and a promotion to L5). Doesn't sound worth it to me.

by blitzar · Sep 11, 2026

I must again point out that we're not even certain yet that we're "losing" any programming capability, and we're not certain the tradeoff isn't worth it. All of these arguments…

by adamtaylor_13 · Sep 11, 2026

This is more a response to many of the comments here than to the article, offering a perspective of what value they might bring. I’ve spent about 35+ years in and around version…

by rbsmith · Sep 11, 2026

"The danger is just when you start using AI but otherwise continue doing exactly what you were doing before." You mean letting AI write the code, but still trying to write the s…

by lukan · Sep 11, 2026

I suspect that the money they get from minors using their services is simply not worth the risk of the negative publicity from the not-unheard-of "Claude told this minor to do <…

by Aransentin · Sep 11, 2026

You give workers more power by making sure there's plenty of competition between employers, and plenty of other outside options for workers. See eg how here in Singapore we have…

by eru · Sep 11, 2026