AI Now Codes In The Dark, Leaving Humans To Wonder If They’re Just Ghosts
KEY POINTS
- •Simon Willison, Django co-creator, said AI could automate code creation without human involvement by 2026.
- •Major companies like Klarna, IBM, Block, and Oracle have cited AI as the reason behind recent layoffs.
- •Willison revealed he no longer types most of his own code, with AI handling approximately 95% of it.
Simon Willison, the Django co-creator whose code jumpstarted Instagram and umpteen other sites, warns we’re hurtling toward the 'dark factory' era — a dystopia where AI writes all code while humans sip coffee in darkness. On 'Lemmy’s Podcast' in April 2026, Simon said 95% of his own code is AI-generated and dropping humans from the coding floor faster than Klarna, IBM, Block, and Oracle laying off employees citing AI layoffs can update their LinkedIn. Factories so dark you could conduct a séance on the factory floor; that’s not sci-fi, that’s the AI future, where human coders might become just ghost stories told at tech meetups.
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(1 of 3)When AI writes 95% of your code and factories go dark, humans become the office ghost story nobody remembers coding.
Simon Willison says AI's 'dark factory' means soon the only coder in the room will be a blinking cursor.
Humans reviewing AI code now is 'cute'; soon robots will code so well we’ll file unemployment claims under 'ghosting.'
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/4/2026 | Author: Lauren Edmonds
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