{"slug": "doubts-about-ai-set-in", "title": "Doubts About AI Set In", "summary": "A developer who built an agentic AI system — an MCP server that translates natural-language phrases into command lines — reports the tool adds nearly zero value over the command-line workflow it replaced, despite running without a GPU and accurately calling tools. The developer said the system is preferable and reduces errors but concluded the command-line tasks may not have been a good candidate for AI automation, and expressed growing doubt about the AI era. The account suggests agentic coding may be among AI's most valuable uses, while large corporations may have more valuable tasks to automate.", "body_md": "Before I designed my own **agentic AI system** (an MCP server) I tried to keep an open mind about AI. I mean, how can you say something is not worthwhile unless you have tried it? I eventually made an AI system that can **translate** certain natural language phrases into command-lines.\n\nMy system works well. It is fast enough that it doesn't even need a GPU; it tends to **accurately call tools** based on what I tell it. I prefer using my agentic AI system over directly entering the command lines. It also reduces errors in the process.\n\nBut:\n\n• I don't feel it adds much value (if any) over the old system, even though it is preferable.\n\n• It may be that the command line tasks I had were not a good candidate for AI automation.\n\nSo in this enormous AI bubble I have managed to develop a system that adds nearly **zero value** to my life. It seems possible that a **large corporation** would have more tasks to automate with AI that are much more valuable. It may also be that things like **agentic coding** are the most valuable uses of AI. In any case, I feel increasingly **doubtful** about the AI era we are supposed to be entering into.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doubts-about-ai-set-in", "canonical_source": "https://www.dotnetperls.com/2026_8_29_doubts-ai", "published_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-12 16:44:57.658226+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["MCP"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doubts-about-ai-set-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doubts-about-ai-set-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doubts-about-ai-set-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/doubts-about-ai-set-in.jsonld"}}