"AI took my self esteem as a creator": An architecture student's raw lament
felixgnclvs · reddit · 2026-10-08
An architecture student learning Blender posted a long, raw lament on Reddit about AI's psychological toll:
- He uses AI as a dialogue partner for design work but feels his projects have "lost their identity"; he now runs every piece of writing (including this very post) through AI, feeling his self-esteem as a writer is gone.
- After seeing AI generate a 3D world in seconds, he considered quitting creative work altogether, feeling his accumulated skills are becoming pointless.
- He complains that "no one asked" whether people want this social experiment — tech elites unilaterally decided the future — and argues big tech is building "digital feudalism" where users depend on their tools and pay with data and money.
- Interestingly, he identifies as a Marxist and believes AI could actually enable functioning socialism through better economic planning, yet sees it reinforcing greedy capitalism in practice.
- He ends by admitting the post is mostly venting depression, hoping someone offers a more optimistic view.
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