AI Is the Power Loom. And You? Are You the Weaver?

One senior developer shares his opinions about the ideas that AI is either a temporary trend or a final solution to all tech needs.

In this post, I want to talk about a wave of resistance to artificial intelligence and why it reminds me of a pattern humanity has already seen. More than once.

I have been reading many posts on social media arguing against the use of AI. Some are technically grounded. Others are just reactions, driven by the instinct to protect the status quo from the generative AI era. The most common claim is that AI will kill jobs, that it is a temporary bubble and so on. And as I read them, I cannot help but think of the weavers in the 19th century smashing power looms because the work that took them weeks was now being done in minutes.

The ‘Passing Fad’ of the Internet

In the mid-1990s and even into the early 2000s, some reports suggested that the internet was nothing more than a passing fad. Of course, in 2026, we can see how wrong they were.

Anyone who says today that AI is just hype is in the same boat. The difference is that the cycle is now shorter. The time to correct the mistake is shorter. And the cost of standing still is greater.

And how far would you get on foot, without a car, today? Before the invention of cars and highways, our mobility was limited. I once heard someone from a rural area say that, back in the old days, it took three days of travel to cover a mere 45 miles.

In the end, it is not about where you want to go. It is about how fast you can get there.

The Promise We Have Already Heard

When the internet became popular, they told us we would have more free time. That we would work less. That life would be lighter. What happened? We started working from anywhere, at any time, never truly disconnecting. The internet did not give us time. It gave us omnipresence.

AI is making the same promise. And it will probably deliver something different from what people expect. I believe it will not mean less work, but a different kind of work. We will likely spend more of our day working. And those who are not prepared for this shift will feel its weight.

What Nobody Is Talking About: AI Gets Tired

I have been working intensely with AI in software development for almost two years. And I noticed something in practice: AI gets tired. As the system grows in complexity, as business domains multiply and rules get deeper, the quality of the responses drops. Context gets lost. Consistency fades.

This does not invalidate the tool. But it reveals a ceiling. And that ceiling is lower than the marketing wants you to believe.

Still, AI is here to stay.

The AI of today is not the AI of tomorrow. And the AI of tomorrow will probably not just be a faster code generator. It will reposition itself as a strategic copilot, a decision agent. And the developer? The developer becomes the solo leader who orchestrates that process. And that changes the entire relationship between the professional and the tool.

The Last Mile AI Cannot Reach

Tools generate code. But they do not generate judgment. They do not generate the sensitivity to notice that spacing confuses the user’s touch. That a screen flow does not make emotional sense. The experience of using the product has no soul.

UX consistency is not just visual. It is about how the user feels while working with your product. And no AI delivers that on its own. That is the professional’s role. And that role does not disappear with AI. It becomes more valuable and more relevant.

When everyone can generate code with AI, what will set a product apart? The care. The obsession with detail. The genuine concern for the people who will use what we build.

Conclusion

The future does not belong to those who use AI. Nor to those who reject it. It belongs to those who understand its limits and know exactly where the human hand, the intention and the careful eye come together.

And you? Are you smashing the machine or learning to weave?