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He left OpenAI to become a filmmaker. He said AI coding was 'lonelier' and 'mentally draining.'
Kasra Kyanzadeh worked at OpenAI for two months in what he called an "experiment." His conclusion: AI coding might have "gone too far."
TL;DR
- Kasra Kyanzadeh, an engineer, left OpenAI after two months due to fatigue with AI coding tools.
- He found that AI agents reduced collaboration, leading to more one-person projects and less human bonding.
- Kyanzadeh described the experience as 'lonelier' and 'mentally draining,' struggling to enter a flow state.
- He felt that while AI handled boilerplate syntax, the architectural thinking was still present, but the overall experience diminished his engagement.
- Fiona Fung, an Anthropic engineering leader, also noted that AI agents made programmers lonelier.
- Kyanzadeh decided to pursue filmmaking, feeling that AI coding had 'gone too far' and that he was no longer doing his best work.
- He viewed his time at OpenAI as an 'experiment' to understand large-scale software building in the AI era.