# I genuinely hate programming now **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Tags:** ai, career, rant\ **Created:** [September 17, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/i-genuinely-hate-programming-now/76697 "2026-09-17T00:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 80
**Author:** ![adolfont](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/adolfont/32/6057_2.png) [@adolfont](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/adolfont)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/i-genuinely-hate-programming-now/76697/80 "2026-09-23T11:00:32Z")
I understand your concerns, but I personally am more concerned about everything unethical, uneconomical, and environmentally destructive related to building and running LLMs, which are the foundation of almost everything done with AI in software engineering today. It’s shameful that a community (I’m talking about my community here, the academic one) that once cared about free/open source software, energy consumption, sustainability has so quickly accepted all of this and is working to help those who do it. Two great books on the problems of AI: Empire of AI > **[Karen Hao](https://karendhao.com)** The AI Con > **[THE AI CON](https://thecon.ai)** > > How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/i-genuinely-hate-programming-now/76697)._