Simon Willison 7/19/2026

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making

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This article critiques the current AI mania overwhelming large companies, based on insights from consultant Nik Suresh. It features anonymous anecdotes, including an executive who never used AI yet produced an AI-centered strategy for a $2B+ firm, and an engineer using AI to rewrite code in Zig just to appear productive. The piece highlights how absurd claims of 100x productivity go unchallenged due to fear of upsetting clients and losing contracts, ultimately showing how AI hype is eviscerating rational global decision-making.

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making

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