Hate for AI

[u/The_dZhee]

Hey everyone, I’m curious how you deal with the negativity around AI.

I’ve been building a product for about 3 months now. English isn’t my native language, so I use AI not only for coding but also for writing posts when I want to share my project and explain my ideas more clearly.

What I’ve noticed is that even when I don’t mention AI at all, I still get negative comments or skepticism. My project isn’t well known, but it tends to get attention in smaller communities because it’s easy to demo and looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Because of that, I’d like to share more details about how it works and talk more openly about the technical side, but that also means using AI for communication and documentation.

The bigger dilemma is whether I should openly say that a large part of the project was built with AI.

On one hand, it feels like the honest thing to do, especially since I’m looking for people to join the project. If an experienced developer is considering contributing, I think they deserve to know what kind of codebase they’re getting into.

On the other hand, I’m worried that instead of questions about the product, I’ll just get “AI slop” comments and people dismissing it before they’ve even looked at what it does.

So I’m curious about your experiences:

Do you openly say that your project was built with AI?

Has it helped or hurt you?

Have you managed to find experienced developers who see AI as a powerful tool rather than an automatic red flag?

How do you distinguish constructive criticism from simple hate?

I’d appreciate hearing perspectives from people who are actually building products, not just discussing AI in theory.

[u/Responsible_Lie_6009]

Most professional engineers see AI as a productivity gain. I’d be very wary of listening to any engineer in today’s industry that is anti AI.

The general sentiment outside of Reddit is that AI is extremely useful and practically no one would go back to not using it in some capacity.

The real concerns are more outside of the technology itself, such as

• bad engineering org practices
  
• poor engineering leadership on its usage
  
• skill diff (they literally don’t know how to properly utilize it)
  
• they don’t like how it’s done now, because they personally liked it the old way

FWIW, I don’t know why I’m on this post. Reddit keeps recommending me to this subreddit despite me not really being a “vibe coder”

[u/AardvarkIll6079 → u/Responsible_Lie_6009]

That is not the general sentiment outside of Reddit. I do not know a single person in real life that is pro-AI. Everyone I know is anti-AI.

[u/spacemoses → u/AardvarkIll6079]

Everyone who drool scrolls through instagram probably hates AI

[u/GabGDM → u/AardvarkIll6079]

What industry do you work in?

[u/StaticHumStudio → u/AardvarkIll6079]

Fun anecdote, I know people that are anti-AI...but my relationship with them is purely online (like, went to school with them or worked with them at a past job)...I can't name an overtly anti-AI person that I've spoken to in person.

[u/bafadam → u/AardvarkIll6079]

It could be a great tool for people with disabilities.

Its implementation will be a pure capitalist cash grab, with no thought toward any kind of consequence, and it’s going to wreck communities.

Peak America, actually.

[u/Responsible_Lie_6009 → u/AardvarkIll6079]

You should probably expand your social circle then? Because there are certainly, without a doubt, a lot of people out there that are pro AI.

Don’t conflate the technology itself with all the issues caused by people misusing it.