The 5 Stages of AI Grief

### 🛠️ The 5 Stages of AI Grief: From "This is Stupid" to "I am a God-King of Robots"

Ever felt like AI is coming for your job, or more likely, just coming for your sanity? Based on Chris Sells’ latest insights, we’re all moving through the classic stages of grief as we figure out this LLM business. Which one are you in today?

1. Denial: “AI is just a spicy autocomplete. It’s a fad, like Segways or 3D TVs. I’ll keep writing my boilerplate by hand like a true artisan.”
2. Anger: “I asked it to fix a bug and it hallucinated a whole new programming language. This thing is a glorified Magic 8-Ball that costs $20 a month.”
3. Depression (The 'Vibe Coding' Hangover): You asked it to "Build me Facebook, but for hamsters." It actually tried. Now you have 4,000 lines of spaghetti code, three SQL injection vulnerabilities, and no idea how any of it works.
4. Bargaining: “Okay, if I give it a 12-page design doc, three examples of my coding style, and promise it a digital cookie, maybe it’ll actually write a unit test that passes.”
5. Acceptance: You’ve stopped coding and started orchestrating. You’re now an Engineering Manager for a "swarm" of AI agents. You don’t write functions anymore; you give pep talks to robots.

The Reality Check: AI isn’t a magic wand; it’s a chainsaw. It’ll cut through the work 10x faster, but if you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re going to lose a metaphorical limb.

Come join us as we talk about how to stop grieving our old workflows and start bossing around our new silicon interns! 🤖🚀

Oh, and lest we miss this: There will be PIZZA brought to you by VanderHouwen! 🍕

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