‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers – Aftermath
April 10, 2025
We’re a few years into a supposed artificial intelligence revolution, which could and should have been about reducing mundane tasks and freeing everyone up to do more interesting things with their time. Instead, thanks to the bloodthirsty nature of modern capitalism and an ideological crusade being waged by the tech industry, we’re now facing a world where many people’s livelihoods–like video game developers–are under direct threat.
We’ve been generally optimistic about the impact of AI on software engineering here at Conffab–but not all applications or adoptions of the technology are judicious.
Ted Chiang observed as we’ve noted several times Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism and that’s very much at play here.
