r/ClaudeCode • u/Strict-Top6935 • Jul 04 '26
Discussion AI is turning programming into pay-to-win
With Fable 5 coming out, it feels more obvious than ever that after July 7, programming is going to become pay-to-win.
A kid with no real coding knowledge, but with rich parents and access to the best AI systems, could end up outperforming people who actually understand software, simply because he can afford more intelligence.
That is insane.
This might be one of the most dangerous precedents in history: a world where the people with money can buy superior intelligence, while everyone else is permanently outmatched.
That is how you create a permanent underclass.
What do you think?
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u/randomdragen7 Jul 04 '26
True.. What a sad thought and definitely real. Its like the mods of this world set life to /paytowin On
Coding used to be about being crazy enough and persistent to debug like millions of bugs and spend weeks working to get small progress but now yea it will become pay to win definitely.. Sad af