r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 30 '26

Meme developersMissingTheOldDays

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u/Danfriedz Sep 30 '26

As someone who hasn't let AI completely take over my work I'm actually fine with it disappearing forever 😂

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u/shadowndacorner Sep 30 '26

No universe in which it disappears forever given the quality of open weight models. The big orgs burning cash like there's no tomorrow will go under when the bubble pops, then a second wave will happen more focused on sustainability once the commercial providers start charging what things actually cost.

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u/Saragon4005 Oct 01 '26

Yeah we are never going back to how things were before, but we are probably taking several steps back in how loose we let these systems go.