After three months of seeing what agentic engineering produces first-hand, I think there's going to be a pretty big correction.

Not saying that AI doesn't have a place, and that models aren't getting better, but there is a seriously delusional state in this industry right now..

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iainctduncan 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And we haven't even started to see the security ramifications... my money is on the black hats in this race.

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kypro 5 hours ago | parent [-]

We are starting to see them, also the bugs too.

But to your point I think this year it's quite likely we'll see at least 1 or 2 major AI-related security incidents..

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		I've been predicting a "challenger disaster" moment: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/llm-predictions-for-202...
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		My money is on a lot more than 1 to 2!

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AstroBen 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes I'm with you. I spent the last 2 months heavily doing "agentic engineering" and I don't think it's optimal to work like that as a default.

LLMs are for sure useful and a productivity boost but generating 99% of your code with it is way overdoing it.