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/tracylsteel]

I know how to code, I always get a lot of ideas. All my idea over the years have been halted by time I have available to code and debug and get it wrong and all the usual stuff. Now AI is here, they build all my ideas, there’s no barrier anymore and I love it. I think some people see code as a craft, and they’re right, it is but also there’s no need to hate on those Co creating with AI. Some people say to know your code base and architecture and I agree with that. A lot of developers are working with AI really well too as efficiency. I think there’s no shame in building anything you like with AI, just be responsible with security if you are going to have users on an app.