The bit that absolutely blows my mind in the narrative and responses to coding assistants: when did all of you become so unsure of your own skill and ability? Why are you letting other people tell you what you can, cannot, should or should not do with *anything*?
Stop treating the person with an undiagnosed gambling addiction parading as AI worship as a reputable source.
And the person who refuses to even engage with the technology.
Go work it out for yourself! Be curious! 🍃
@tonyarnold idk, I bite my tongue a lot in these conversations. But I find them genuinely very helpful and an often times a major productivity enhancer. Other times more hassle than just doing it myself.
I sometimes find them doing something that gets me super excited and naturally I think people want to share their excitement.
Then I see people on here telling me how it’s all a hype scam, yada yada zero value, etc. and it seems pretty natural to want to defend your excitement.
@me1000 this community here on Mastodon definitely falls more toward the "don't want it" side of the argument, but equally, some of the absolute hype drivel coming out of people's posts needs a "you fr bro?" response.
Personally, I think this'll all balance out to a new "normal" sometime soon.
@me1000 I have the same experience, but I have incredibly mixed feelings about sharing things either way when I find them because the extremes are *so extreme*.
That said, there's a huge difference between sharing something cool and useful that you've found and decrying the end of the industry because the CEO of a company said it was true.
I found this interview hit all the right notes based on what I've experienced: https://tonyarnold.com/posts/if-it-could-just-be-treated-as-a-normal-technology
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