The price of humans

Summary

Back May 22, 2026 The price of humans The world is filled with CEOs, Product Managers, and millions of people thinking GenAI / LLMs are an all-in-one solution as a replacement for humans. We can’t change what others think. But what we can do is change the way we work and market it that way. Disclaimer: I will refer to GenAI / LLMs as AI. AI is a blanket term which covers LLMs but it also covers the basic predictive analytics, and computer vision models. In this article, when I use the words “AI”, I’m referring to Generative AI and/or LLMs unless specified otherwise. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that AI is taking over jobs all over the world. If they’re not taking over the jobs themselves, their adoption among companies is increasing. The AI Controversy Some are calling it the future, while others say it’s bad for society. Many have called it a replacement for humans, while others call it clankers and call it a waste of time and resources. I have my own views on it but that’s an entire article in itself. To sum up, AI is a tool that humans have no clue how to use. Everyone thinks they know how to use it and while it gets the job done, we’re constantly finding better ways to use it. You can imagine it as giving the Neanderthals a smart phone. They would probably use it as a hammer. The excessive usage of AI Every time I see a project on GitHub with Claude as a top-3 contributor, I groan. Why does Claude need to be used so much? Are you so incapable of writing a passion project by yourself? Do you have to use AI? If your app is a free app, then why do you have to use AI? At the time of writing this, multiple universities just hosted their graduation ceremonies. I saw videos / articles where CEOs like Jensen Huang, and ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a speech where people booed every time they mentioned AI, LLMs or GenAI. Sources: Jensen Huang & Eric Schmidt What I’ve realised Today, while I was doomscrolling, I saw a video where someone was designin...