Every hacker movie is about to lose its luster: 'What, you'll prompt Claude from the van?'
edgarpavlovsky · x · 2026-09-26
After seeing a Mr. Robot clip, a user quipped that future generations will find every hacker movie unconvincing now that AI coding assistants exist — "what are you going to do, prompt Claude from the van?" A one-liner capturing how AI is changing the cultural fantasy of hacking.
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