"Name One Thing AI Actually Made Better": Dev's Viral Skeptical Rant Beyond Coding
sebpaquet · x · 2026-09-15
Reposting @goodalexander's viral challenge: name a single thing in life meaningfully more efficient due to AI outside of coding. He argues Airbnb, Uber, DoorDash have all gotten worse, average employees are overwhelmed, power and airlines are unreliable, GTA 6 took years and couldn't be accelerated with AI, and viral "built with AI" games are mostly vaporware demoed for clout — sometimes with marketing subsidies from AI labs. A pointed skeptical take on the gap between AI hype and real-world productivity.
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