The AI Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived
Paul Ford
The New York Times
February 19, 2026
On weekday evenings, heading home on the subway from Union Square in New York City, I log into an A.I. tool from my phone, and write a prompt. “Look at the data in the files I just uploaded,” I tap. “Load it into a database, then make it searchable with a web interface.” Underground in the subway tunnels my internet connection drops, but when my train emerges onto the Manhattan Bridge, I get a few minutes to see all the work my coding agent has done, and if I type fast enough I can issue another prompt. By the time I get home to Brooklyn, my little project tends to be done: A website, a feature in a music app, a complex search tool or some tiny game.
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