AI may be turning people into scarcity-minded workers, not free users
oran_ge · x · 2026-07-23
The author says that after recording a podcast with a friend who has been heavily vibe coding, they ended up reflecting on how AI can start controlling people's pace of life.
They argue that many people now treat a 5-hour reset like a hard limit on their day, as if they have to rush back to work after meeting friends. The post compares that mindset to scarcity thinking, and says AI was supposed to create abundance instead of tying people back to the land.
It also describes a stranger hiring trend: candidates bring AI-generated plans to interviews and claim they've solved hallucinations, suggesting that people using AI can develop their own kind of illusion and become overconfident in their own abilities.
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