The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription

# The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/the-solution-might-be-cancelling-my-ai-subscription/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/the-solution-might-be-cancelling-my-ai-subscription/) 31st May 2026 \- Link Blog **[The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription](https://thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.html)**\([via](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345896)\) I find this post by David Wilson very relatable\. David lists 16\+ projects he's spun up with AI tooling, and concludes: > I didn't mean to build most of these things\. Usually the Claude session started with something like "*write a quick script for X*", and one hour later the result is not a*quick script for X*, nor in the usual case is my problem solved, whatever the original itch happened to be\. On that last point, this technology is**horrific**for attention\. It's a thermonuclear ADHD amplifier and I have seen the same effect in every single one of my adult friends\. Folk running 3 screens simultaneously working on totally unrelated "projects" they have little hope of maintaining, and such little commitment to the outcome that the time is obviously wasted\. This is a*very*real problem\. I'm finding that coding agents can take me from a vague idea to a working solution, one with tests and documentation and that*looks*like a carefully considered project evolved over the course of many weeks\.\.\. in less than an hour\. Even if the code is rock solid, there's a limit to how many projects like that I can sensibly care for \- and if they're instantly abandoned, what value was there from creating them in the first place? David doesn't think this is sustainable at all: > I have no idea how to manage AI at present except by curtailing use, because a tool producing a cheap reward with minimal input and no friction can only be a liability, and achieving that realisation is probably the only real contribution of AI to date\. I'm hopeful that the critical skill to develop here is*discipline*\. That’s not great news for me: I’ve been trying to figure that one out for decades\! Interestingly, the[Hacker News thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345896)has gathered a number of comments from people with ADHD who are finding agents help them achieve the focus they've been missing: - "\.\.\. for me \(also ADHD\) it's kind of the opposite\. I'm finishing side projects for the first time ever because I can actually get them working before I get bored of them" - "As someone with ADHD I feel like AI is a salve for my mind\. I used to listen to intense EDM while working\. Now I sit in silence and talk to my agents\. I maintain inbox zero\. I absorb and comment across all relevant projects, even outside my team\. I literally feel like I have a support team for the first time\." - "For those of us prone to hyperfocus, working with AI can provide the kinds of stimulation we crave\. I can hardly remember a time when I've felt more engaged with my work, more productive, and more badass\."