--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "4edf908d50f38374db3ef86a442ad6b3c3153f87e5438cd3d2b2eaeaa15efd46" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/4edf908d?lang=en" title: "The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering reality" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-08-29T16:16:32.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["llm","software-development","hype-cycle"] source_urls: ["https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/why-open-source-projects-ban-ai/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491113"] summary: "It is widely accepted that there is an AI bubble in the financial markets at the moment. The moderate opinion is however that LLMs are constantly improving and will eventually take over more and more tasks from humans and increase productivity. But are LLMs actually getting smarter, or just better at fooling us?\\n" --- # The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering reality > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-08-29T16:16:32.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** llm, software\-development, hype\-cycle ## Summary It is widely accepted that there is an AI bubble in the financial markets at the moment\. The moderate opinion is however that LLMs are constantly improving and will eventually take over more and more tasks from humans and increase productivity\. But are LLMs actually getting smarter, or just better at fooling us?\\n ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Discussion]()