Ask HN: Can we do something about this impending AI dystopia

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Hacker News discussions are increasing regarding developers' anxiety over the rapid advancement of agentic coding, which is compared to the obsolescence of horse carriages when automobiles became mainstream 120 years ago.

Key points

•Posts from developers facing the rapid advancement of agentic coding have increased on Hacker News over the past few weeks.
•There is a shared perception that the average software developer today resembles a horse carriage when automobiles became mainstream 120 years ago.
•Visitors to Hacker News now encounter at least one lament from a software engineer daily.

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