The "AI Psychosis" Divide: Why Coders are Terrified and Everyone Else is Bored
Dev.to AI
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Generative AI
TL;DR: We are entering a "Folded" AI reality. In the upper layer, software engineers deploy AI agents that autonomously rewrite entire codebases while they sleep. In the lower layer, top-tier consultants and strategy leads are stuck copy-pasting PDFs into chat boxes, receiving slightly smarter slides outlines. The biggest lie in productivity right now is that you need better "prompt engineering." You don't. The gap is about Agentic. If you are still manually feeding text into a passive chat box and waiting for an answer, you are trapped in the lower fold.