Dev pushes back on 'AI will collapse' take: coding agents prove it's beyond consumer tech
akbirthko · x · 2026-09-03
Pushing back on the 'AI will collapse' narrative, the author argues that while the GPT Store-era consumer hype (remember Laundry Buddy?) did burst, today's capabilities go far beyond consumer tech — coding agents exist because language happened to be the prior modality, and the path forward will resolve itself as models become more general.
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