Jonathan Blow questions if AI hype stems from users' desire for power
IanArawjo · x · 2026-08-25
Game developer Jonathan Blow offers a sociological critique of the current AI usage hype. He suggests that the feverish excitement around "spending all day typing to AI and having it do my bidding" may not stem from the technology itself, but rather from users who have never had the experience of ordering others around before and are now feeling a sense of power-hungry satisfaction.
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