Comment Comment by andsoitis > Would be cool to see the live reaction of Rob Pike to this commentBased on everything public, Pike is deeply hostile to generative AI in general:- The Christmas 2025 incident (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/)- he's labeled GenAI as nuclear waste (https://www.webpronews.com/rob-pike-labels-generative-ai-nuc...)- ideologically, he's spent his career chasing complexity reduction, adovcating for code sobriety, resource efficiency, and clarity of thought. Large, opaque, energy-intensive LLMs represent the antithesis. parent andsoitis 7 months ago
Based on everything public, Pike is deeply hostile to generative AI in general:
- The Christmas 2025 incident (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/)
- he's labeled GenAI as nuclear waste (https://www.webpronews.com/rob-pike-labels-generative-ai-nuc...)
- ideologically, he's spent his career chasing complexity reduction, adovcating for code sobriety, resource efficiency, and clarity of thought. Large, opaque, energy-intensive LLMs represent the antithesis.