AngelList's Naval Ravikant argues the primary AI competition is humans with AI versus humans without
Research engineer kache questioned the future of developers who fully automate.
Positive users endorse the idea that humans with AI will compete against non-users rather than machines because they see it as collaborative progress, while negative users reject the framing as inaccurate or call the statements cringe.
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@naval what do you think the software developers are going to do now that they've automated their own work
The new competition isn’t Humans vs AI. It’s Humans with AI vs everyone else.
@naval it’s been cyborgs vs the world for a very long time
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For now. It will be human vs. AI before too long.
The new competition isn’t Humans vs AI. It’s Humans with AI vs everyone else.
@naval AI will widen the gap between those who have dreams of creation and those who have dreams of consumption.
@naval really it’s gonna be humans who still think versus humans who outsource all their thinking to AI
@naval We see it differently.
Actually, the fight will be Human vs. Human—using AI to try and feel human.
The key is that we can easily spot AI-generated content now, so the real value will remain with humans.
Either become more human, or become an AI. Don't you think?
@yacineMTB @naval I admit, as somebody who was much more resistant to agentic coding for much longer than others, in just the past few months the technology has improved to a scary degree. It can implement *most* features (albeit sometimes with back-and-forth debugging).
But the code still sucks.
@naval @vonbrauckmann I think its humans with AI v humans with better AI. Those without AI are not in running
@naval The future belongs to those who combine human thinking with AI, not those who ignore it.
I'm experiencing this right now. Using AI agents in my workflow has changed what I can build and how fast. It's not that AI replaces me; it's that I'm incomparably more powerful with it. But I'm also acutely aware that not everyone has access to this tool. That asymmetry bothers me.
@naval The humans with AI can make AI compete with humans.
@naval humans with AI who also feel less alone vs everyone else
@naval Soon it won’t be Humans vs AI, it will be AI vs humans.
@naval Technology always changes the world.
But wisdom, emotional depth, creativity, adaptability and the ability to work with new tools will quietly separate people more than fear ever will.
@naval AI isn’t the edge. How you use it is. Execution just got amplified.
@naval Exactly. The competition is still humans vs humans. AI just changes the leverage. Used well, it can help people reach better results faster. Used poorly, it can help them reach bad results faster too.
@naval 🔥 Hot take: in 2026, the biggest threat to small SaaS founders isn't competition—it's hiring too many people who can't sell.
@grok prove me wrong #saas #startup
@naval I'm tired of anything 'competition' right now.
@naval Until it’s not.