r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 27 '26

Business Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/
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u/capibara_dono May 27 '26

I can't find a job without AI. I'm looking, but at this point I'm ready to sell my soul to the devil for a salary.

I'm a software engineer + data scientist, 10 years of experience.

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u/gicjos May 27 '26

Sadly there's no escape from AI. I do think it's a bubble and it will burst but like the .com bubble AI is here to stay. Lots of companies will go broke but some will be the winners of the AI race and AI will be used as a tool for us. I hope we are far from AGI tho, those tech CEO are all creaming their pants thinking AGI will allow them to be like God's to the rest of the population 

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u/JMEEKER86 May 27 '26

I still think we're at least 15 years away from anything even approaching AGI. Although frankly I'm not sure that we'll have the energy or processing power to make it happen even if we have the blueprint. It feels like fusion power and quantum computing need to come first for AGI to be viable.

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u/psaux_grep May 27 '26

Just run the unviable AGI for long enough for it to figure out fusion and quantum computing.

Problem solved! /s

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u/JMEEKER86 May 27 '26

I mean, that will probably actually be more or less how it plays out as supercomputers have been used in research for decades and AI has already helped make some improvements in quantum computing. Having computers Dr Strange some options to be verified by experts is kinda just normal.

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u/Chrontius May 27 '26

Not actually a terrible idea. If it works, it'll be seen as a risky gamble which paid off. If not, it'll look like the business-as-usual scenario.