'Work is easy now': developer says AI erased the anxiety of producing anything
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-19
User @InverseMarcus posts that he's no longer intimidated by work: code of all sorts is "trivial," a PowerPoint deck takes one prompt, an Excel sheet is populated and checked in one click, and deep research finishes while he has coffee — concluding "WORK IS EASY NOW."
The sentiment resonates and rankles in AI circles: productivity tools genuinely removing the psychological barrier to starting work, while raising questions about skill devaluation and whether deep expertise still matters. A telling snapshot of practitioner psychology in the AI era.
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