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Comment by raincole | Hacker News Reader

I'm pretty pro-AI, but I find it very amusing that every single time an open source project enacts no-AI policy, someone will chime in and explain how it will be outcompeted by the yes-AI version, while in reality it never happens.

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> while in reality it never happens.

it never happens in 3 weeks? The AI revolution is just starting.. too soon to jump in conclusions, i guess?

Make it to 2 or more years. That’s the amount of times that I’ve been seeing comments equating not using AI with hopelessly doomed project/career.

I am sure you noticed how fast the things started to change since the beginning of 2026 right? In terms of tooling, model, context, pricing, etc?

This is also something we've all been hearing for ages. "<Model version>/MCP/agents/yadda yadda are totally like anything that's come before!"

> "<Model version>/MCP/agents/yadda yadda are totally like anything that's come before!"

and they are right. We never saw that before. That's why we all fear it.

> and they are right. We never saw that before. That's why we all fear it.

Please please please tell me this is sarcasm. Because if you are serious, I think a lot of people have a long list of bridges to cell you.

Huh? I've been seeing the "hopelessly doomed because of AI" trope practically since ChatGPT came out. It wasn't even remotely as bad as it is now, but it's been there all along.

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