Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?
The discussion highlights concerns about the limitations and risks of AI in coding and mental health applications. Critics argue that reliance on AI can undermine cognitive abilities and lead to poor decision-making. The article emphasizes the importance of maintaining human creativity and problem-solving skills in the face of increasing automation.
- ▪Gary Tan, Y Combinator's CEO, claims he ships 37,000 lines of AI code per day.
- ▪AI-generated solutions can vary significantly, making them unreliable for critical applications.
- ▪The use of AI for mental health advice has raised concerns about its effectiveness and potential risks.
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| Original publisher | Ycombinator |
| Canonical URL | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420827 |
| Publication time | Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:31:51 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-06T03:37:55.317Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-06T03:37:55.317Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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It's way more than code. Sure AI can crank out code at prodigious rates. Gary Tan, Y Combinator's CEO says he ships 37,000 lines of AI code per day [0]And so can I. (oops)"In the Beginning" (I was there) people wrote accounting packages in BASIC. It worked, the language allowed rapid prototyping, and out the door quickly, but BASIC lent itself to spaghetti code, and for anything really serious, the programs were too lightweight, and were very difficult to document and maintain, so that bugs could be fixed and esoteric features added (for $$$) without the fix breaking something else.
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