I work in a software house where everyone uses AI. Some of them can’t even write a single line of code, let alone analyze it. I was shocked when I saw their work is CTRL-A, CTRL-V into Claude and CTRL-V into the IDE without a single neuron being activated. They even ask it to summarize and generate a response for 3 lines of text in a Slack message! (Partially because they don’t know what they’re doing and partially because they’re too lazy to think).
Well, everyone talks enthusiastically about AI, some have unrealistic expectations (thinking that it’s actually intelligent, when it is not) but what bothers me is that they’re indeed faster than me so sometimes I think “why am I even resisting?”. Well the answer is that I love to keep my brain active and having the control of what I’m doing. Does anyone else feel kinda similar? Am I in the wrong?
P.S. Also I just want to point out that I’ve seen with my own eyes the deterioration of cerebral functions in people who heavily rely on AI. I’m not talking about just “forgetting how to code” but I see them losing space awareness (invading personal space, sitting like a liquid on the chair), self awareness (loudly burping, hoarding half-drank bottles of water on the desk), focus and they’re easily irritable. It’s multiple people behaving like that and they weren’t like this before. AI is a drug.
Drugs are awesome. Until they’re not. I feel bad for these people honestly. I don’t code or anything but my sister-in-law is one of these AI addicts and she’s not even working anywhere. It’s insane how quickly she became completely worthless. She used to be creative and artistic now she’s a braindead lump who thinks she is way smarter than everyone else because she can prompt.
The first day you use an LLM for your work will be the single most intelligent, productive day in your entire working career. That’s it. That will be the peak.
Your productivity and intelligence will only decline from there. Until it reaches functionally zero.
Just like Heroin
Thats the thing. Do they think they are smart for typing a prompt? It takes less than 0 skill.
I have a friend like this that is so dumb with tech but thinks he is advanced because he asked grok something. Baffling to me.
I guess the people drinking water from lead pipes thought they were smart too…but they really didn’t know. If you aren’t seeing the red flags about llms you’re dumber than people with lead pipes.