Engineer who hasn't coded in 6 months argues the AI boom ends badly for 99%
AccomplishedCase6862 · reddit · 2026-10-20
An embedded-oriented software engineer posts a long anxiety-fueled argument asking to be convinced otherwise:
- He has barely written code in 6 months — his job is now prompting
- Core fear: LLMs inside robots (Boston Dynamics-style) plus limb training will eventually outperform humans at all physical work; billionaire robot owners won't need consumers, undermining the UBI counterargument
- He argues regulation will come too late since those positioned to stop AI are its biggest beneficiaries, and AI could be used to identify and suppress opposition
- He even raises scenarios like AI-empowered actors hacking banking systems or controlling millions of robots
The post captures the growing end-times anxiety among technical workers; commenters push back on robot generalization, economic incentives and regulatory realism.
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