{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T18:49:15.674Z","source":{"name":"Hacker News public API","url":"https://github.com/HackerNews/API","attribution":"Stories and comments are public Hacker News submissions by their respective authors. HackerHub is an independent reader, not affiliated with Y Combinator.","content_is_untrusted":true},"story_id":50452986,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50452986","total_comments":8,"returned":4,"scope":"Up to the requested number of top-level comments in Hacker News ranked order. Deleted comments are omitted. Nested replies are not fetched; this is not the complete thread.","comments":[{"id":50455406,"author":"drltaidev","created_at":"2026-11-11T16:39:51.000Z","text":"I recently read a vacancy for a C/C++ engineer where they explicitly mentioned they don't use AI. I can't find it anymore and it was a small specific Dutch company, but at least that still happens. I can imagine in places where cybersecurity is important they may also not use it (except that those actually developing cybersecurity NEED to use it to keep up...).","parent_id":50452986,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50455406"},{"id":50453384,"author":"enoint","created_at":"2026-11-11T13:48:37.000Z","text":"What sentiment does rebeltechalliance have about AI? It barely mentions it, and is clearly focused on the modes of mass surveillance.\nTo that end, there are two different discussions:\nDoes AI technology itself facilitate mass surveillance, any more than smartphone adoption has?\nDoes the financing structure of data centers facilitate mass surveillance; more than it facilitates advancements in AI?","parent_id":50452986,"replies_count":1,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50453384"},{"id":50453321,"author":"conartist6","created_at":"2026-11-11T13:42:51.000Z","text":"Oh hell yes!\nI'm working on reinventing IDEs to give make human code editors competitive with agents again.\nI have a Discord where I collect an ever-growing crowd of people like you who have become disillusioned: https://discord.gg/NfMNyYN6cX","parent_id":50452986,"replies_count":1,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50453321"},{"id":50453117,"author":"Kevin_Flynn","created_at":"2026-11-11T13:24:02.000Z","text":"Everyone uses AI now.\nDriver downgrades not allowed.\nFlashing old firmware will brick the economy.\nThere are a few who will remain defiant, but they are easy to identify.\nThey are still wearing their Fauci signed COVID mask.","parent_id":50452986,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50453117"}]}