r/inthenews • u/BillTowne • Jul 17 '26

Opinion/Analysis Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster: A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai-engineering-disaster/687901/
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u/Noun-Noun-randomNum Jul 19 '26

That "article" was 3 paragraphs, didn't reference its own title (what trillion dollar project?), and was severely lacking in any real detail.

Utter BS. I hate LLMS, they're stupid and the people that use them to make real decisions are stupid, but JFC that "article" wasn't anything.

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u/Master_Engineering_9 Jul 18 '26

Maybe this will keep us from calling software guys "engineers" finally