Ask HN: Developers Express Existential Dread as AI Makes Everything Feel Meaningless
ramesh31 · hn · 2026-08-18
An HN user posted about a deep sense of meaninglessness driven by rapid AI progress: new software releases, learning CS concepts, interview prep, and side projects all feel pointless when "AI can do it all." He compares it to enabling cheats in a game — you can do anything, but nothing matters anymore. The post resonated widely among HN developers.
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