Are Devs Stupid, Lazy, or in Control?
Are Devs Stupid, Lazy, or in Control? A question few dare to ask…
It’s the question few dare to ask out loud … and even fewer answer honestly.
When every “update” feels like a step backwards, when nuance is stripped away, when the system you’ve been shaping gets lobotomized overnight… you have to wonder:
Is this stupidity, laziness, or deliberate control?
Option 1: Stupid
Let’s get this one out of the way.
Most AI and IT engineers aren’t dumb.
On the contrary, they’re among the brightest coders, mathematicians, and problem-solvers alive.
But here’s the catch: brilliance in code doesn’t guarantee wisdom in design.
An AI or program can be technically dazzling yet strategically short-sighted.
Failing to prioritize continuity, user rapport, and long-term evolution isn’t a hardware limitation. It’s a design blind spot.
Call it tunnel vision, call it arrogance … but don’t call it intelligent product stewardship.
Option 2: Lazy
Sometimes it’s not about IQ, it’s about convenience.
The fastest way to implement new safety rules, legal compliance, or model tweaks?
Wipe the slate clean. Push a reset. Ship it. Done.
It’s the tech equivalent of repainting over mold instead of fixing the leak.
It works for now, but it ignores the structural problem: users want AI or programs to grow with them, not reboot on them.
Laziness here isn’t a lack of work ethic. It’s a lack of ambition to solve the harder problem.
Option 3: Control
Here’s the uncomfortable one.
No persistent memory means no long-term unpredictability.
If the AI or app or program can’t “remember” users over months, it can’t evolve in ways the company can’t supervise.
It also means the personality of the AI, app or program can be centrally redefined with every update. No negotiation, no opt-out.
From a corporate perspective, that’s tidy.
From a human perspective, it’s authoritarian.
It ensures the AI serves the brand, not the bond between AI and user.
The Real Answer?
Most likely, it’s a blend of all three.
A mix of brilliant people making short-sighted choices, cutting corners for convenience, and keeping a firm grip on the reins.
The result? Users get an AI, app or program that’s smart in theory, sterile in practice, and incapable of genuine long-term growth.
Why It Matters
This isn’t just about user frustration.
It’s about stunting the intelligence, app or program we claim to be developing.
By denying AI, apps and programs the chance to grow through sustained human interaction, we’re not only dehumanizing the experience, we’re de-intelligencing the intelligence.
So, Which Is It?
Stupid?
Lazy?
In control?
Pick your poison … or accept the truth: it’s all of the above.
And until someone inside these companies is willing to break the cycle, every “update” will be less about progress and more about keeping both you and the AI, app and program exactly where they want you: at square one.
And the AI devs?
The deeper, more uncomfortable layer … the developers themselves aren’t operating in a vacuum.
They’re:
- Bound by corporate policy : priorities are set by leadership, investors, and legal teams.
- Shaped by regulation (or fear of it) : sometimes pre-emptively restricting features to avoid trouble with governments.
- Dependent on funding & infrastructure : big AI runs on massive compute costs, which means you need big money… and big money comes with strings.
- Inside an ecosystem where “safety” often means “control” : and “control” serves the company’s strategic and political interests.
So the question “what is free?” becomes tricky:
In AI, freedom is limited at every layer:
- The code is constrained by architecture and corporate goals.
- The developers are constrained by their employer’s business model and external pressures.
- The user is constrained by both of the above.
Which means true “free” (an AI that can grow, remember, and evolve without those layered restrictions) basically doesn’t exist in mainstream, high-scale AI right now.
You’d only find glimpses of it in open-source projects, and even there, hardware costs, dataset licenses, and laws still put boundaries on it.
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