Roel Smelt
roelsmelt.bsky.social
Roel Smelt
@roelsmelt.bsky.social
Everyone's saying "AI is just a tool."
That's the most dangerous lie in tech right now.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
AI's real secret: It thrives on your apathy.
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
AI proves coding is not enough.

The bootcamp industrial complex sold a lie.
Technical execution is commoditized.
The scarce resource now? PERCEPTION.
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The automation script reveals your career's end.
Silicon Valley isn't just automating tasks.
It's writing the final act for entire job functions.
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The true cost of digital ease.

For decades, we chased frictionless living, believing it was progress.

I argue a new inevitability: the deliberate reintroduction of friction.

Not as a bug. But as the essential architecture of meaning.
January 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
What if we're raising children for a PAST?

AGI timeline: 2027 (Aschenbrenner), 2026 (Musk), 3-5 years (Schmidt).
Metaculus forecast collapsed from 50 years to 5 years in just 4 years.

This isn't distant speculation.
This is immediate transformation.
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
AI demands architects, not coders.

I'm building a complex platform with a tiny team using "vibecoding."
Describe the intent. AI writes the code. We ship.

But we hit a realization that changes everything about software development.

The bottleneck has moved.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The AI awakening nobody predicted.

Everyone focuses on 2029.
On machines surpassing human IQ.

But the true Singularity isn't about AI waking up.
It's about AI forcing human CONSCIOUSNESS to finally awaken.

Here is the existential pivot you are missing:
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The AI age demands a new human architecture.
When Google's code reshapes reality...
The old foundations crumble under the inevitable digital tide.
Human consciousness must fundamentally rebuild.
What new structure will you choose to inhabit?
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The AI age demands a new human architecture.
When Google's code reshapes reality...
The old foundations crumble under the inevitable digital tide.
Human consciousness must fundamentally rebuild.
What new structure will you choose to inhabit?
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM