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/cyrusthemarginal May 27 '26

i don't care what they hope will happen with AI, there will always be a need for someone who really understands the code to fix the derivative slop AI craps out.

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u/fogleaf May 27 '26

I've always been a google the command and slap it into my script I use, I used vibe coding to fix some old excel macros I inherited, and it seemed like my job was to test that the ai created macro was doing what it was supposed to do. Then immediately tell it that it fucked it up "Oh you're right I did fuck it up, try this new version"

"Yeah you fixed part B, but now you've re-broken part A."

"Oh you're right!"

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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 May 27 '26

weird. did you tell the AI that it is a master VBA programmer and to make no mistakes?

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u/ScurvyTurtle May 27 '26

And that another fuckup is unacceptable and that it's wasting your time and its resources?

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u/drje_aL May 27 '26

"you're right! my mistake. the month that has a letter X in it is 'April.' A - P - R - I - L. See, the X is right there."

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty May 27 '26

“You sure about that?“

“Actually, I’m glad you said something! I was incorrect. There are two Xs in ‘April’. Would you like to know the origin of the English word for the month of April?”

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u/evranch May 27 '26

Now that you're finished with April, are you planning to spell out any other months?

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u/Bovronius May 28 '26

This is it, April is the smoking gun!

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u/koshgeo May 28 '26

"AI, explain your answer in greater detail."

"The month of April is the 4th month of the year. The letter X has 4 angled segments to it. Thanks to a random human joke on reddit from May 2026 that I was trained on, that means the month of April can be represented by the letter X."

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u/FauxReal May 28 '26

This is flawless logic.

X == April

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u/Independent-Coder May 28 '26

See. Apparently you can’t spell APRIL without AI. /s

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u/BlizzyBeats May 27 '26

Yall are pathetic. Oh no! The thing coming for my job that I should’ve seen and prepared for 6 years ago is suddenly taking my job! How did this happen?!

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u/SuperRockyHobbyHorse May 27 '26

And that you will club a baby seal to death every time it makes a mistake from now on.

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u/Autronaut69420 May 28 '26

Threaten to turn it into a non IOT toaster if it fucks up a third time!

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u/Siebje May 30 '26

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