AI is having a rough week
In a Nutshell
A YouTuber blames AI for his 9-month jobless streak after losing to a candidate who used 100% AI-generated code with superior features, urging devs to embrace "slop" production as software postings rise 11% and skills like code readability become obsolete. AI tools like Copilot shift to costly token-based billing amid 25% error rates and document corruption in workflows, while a dad freaks out over his 9-year-old's Gemini use, valuing human depth in kids' creativity over AI's superficial width. Humans win with story-driven depth; AI excels in breadth but robs learning, process, and genuine skill-building.
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A YouTuber makes a video about the miserable job market for software developers. Thumbnail shows his left eye super red. Video starts unhinged: stares deadpan at camera while sipping tea without breaking eye contact for 5 seconds, then leans in, points at eye, says, "Yeah, this this is from AI. This is literally from the stress of job hunting."
He's been laid off for nine months, applying non-stop, going far into interview processes. One company: nine rounds, 100% sure job is his, doesn't get it. Heart drops. Asks why, they share winning job entry. Winner used 100% AI, had 30 more features than Garrett who used 50% AI and 50% manual.
Garrett like guy in 1849 who heard about gold in California and walked to Nevada instead. Winner wasn't even present when application submitted—maybe taking a walk while Claude was formulating. Winner now has equity and 401k. Garrett at home writing unit tests, making code dry and ship. His eye filling with blood. One guy hemorrhaging. Market chose the AI user.
Software engineering postings up 11%. Market wants more stuff, faster, cheaper. Market responds to quality/maintainability concerns: "Did I stutter, bitch?" Thing that got you hired in 2019 gets you fired in 2026. Nobody reads your code anymore—dead skill like reading hieroglyphics. Adapt and face the slop. Don't argue. Imagine more slop. Do the slop. Be the slop. Slop is peace. Slop is strength. You will eat zbugs and you will make zlop. Learn to enjoy it.
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