# The End of Counting: What AI Really Changes About Work

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Podcast: [Tech Stories Tech Brief By HackerNoon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-stories-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365648)
Published: 2026-06-16T16:01:06+00:00
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## Resource

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-end-of-counting-what-ai-really-changes-about-work . A developer's journey from counting CPU cycles on the Atari 2600 to the age of AI. Check more stories related to tech-stories at: https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories . You can also check exclusive content about #history-of-computing , #future-of-work-with-ai , #automation , #philosophy , #ai , #programming-history , #abstraction-layers , #hackernoon-top-story , and more. This story was written by: @mtrifiro . Learn more about this writer by checking @mtrifiro's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . As technology automates the tedious "counting" in our jobs, like cycle-counting for early programmers, it forces us to focus on the higher-level "deciding" – judging the quality and purpose of the work. The author argues that AI is now doing this for everyone, turning us all into editors who must answer the ultimate question: "Is this good, and how do you know?"

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