Engineer's essay 'Hubris & Rooftops': when every conversation bends back to AI
adhamelarabawy · x · 2026-10-28
Adham Elarabawy reflects on the crushing ambient uncertainty of exponential AI progress — friends, coaches, parents and waiters all steer conversations back to 'The Machine Doing Everything.' As an engineer, 90% of his work now lives in a text box. Yet his essay pivots to humility: peregrine falcons outside his San Francisco office and the unused rooftop oases below, a reminder that attention consumed by the AI elephant leaves much else unnoticed.
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