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The Silicon Valley Myth About AI Developers No One Wants to Admit

The Silicon Valley Myth About AI Developers No One Wants to Admit

Update: 2025-09-30
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-silicon-valley-myth-about-ai-developers-no-one-wants-to-admit.

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AI is being used to replace senior engineers, but it's not working, says Andrew Keen. Keen: Senior engineers use AI to remove friction and accelerate decisions. Juniors, without the experience to reason about outputs, often use it to cover gaps in understanding. It’s not incompetence , it’re the system setting them up to fail.

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The Silicon Valley Myth About AI Developers No One Wants to Admit

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