He left OpenAI to become a filmmaker. He said AI coding was 'lonelier' and 'mentally draining.'
Kasra Kyanzadeh worked at OpenAI for two months in what he called an "experiment." His conclusion: AI coding might have "gone too far."
Former OpenAI engineer Kasra Kyanzadeh has left the company to pursue a career in filmmaking, citing AI coding as "lonely" and mentally draining. Kyanzadeh, a 33-year-old software engineer, worked at OpenAI for only two months before deciding to move on. He expressed concern that AI agents allowed a single software engineer to own a project, resulting in a lack of collaboration and the feeling of "we accomplished this thing together."
Kyanzadeh missed working alongside smart people, as he believed that was one of the best parts of his time at OpenAI. The engineer joined the team building the Codex desktop app in June and left by mid-August, feeling tired and drained. He joined Airtable and Watershed before founding Lightpage, an AI notebook app. Kyanzadeh believes that AI coding has transformed the role of a software engineer, and while the tools are useful, the lack of human interaction and collaboration has made building commercial software less enjoyable.
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