Microsoft and Uber Say AI Coding Tools Are Becoming More Expensive Than Human Workers
2026-05-26 · r/ArtificialInteligence
In a delicious twist of irony, Microsoft and Uber are discovering that their AI coding tools are actually costing MORE than the human developers they were supposed to replace. Turns out the machines that were going to make programmers obsolete are burning through compute costs faster than a junior dev burns through free snacks. The 'efficiency revolution' is looking more like an expensive subscription to mediocrity.