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Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
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#32The flip side... if I don't care about something I'll just vibe code it The app doesn't do this... (AI makes changes) Run again It's good for POCs in unknown tech territory I just don't feel good about it It is funny when you run out of tokens
Yeah I'm dealing with that now where I made this app that's heavy on bluetooth and I don't understand that right now so when I run out of tokens I'm f'd.
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#33>> If I want to keep my job I need to use it. So use it. I've been programming for 45 years, and I've found it to be a really useful tool. I'm still writing code, still doing all the fun stuff, but I'm moving along MUCH faster than before. Mostly because when I get stuck I ask the AI questions. About the code, about the API I'm talking to and so on. In the past I remember spending days finding really obscure bugs, or…
Yeah I use AI from Google search then I type I'm a sample piece of code. The vibe coding where you have the side panel say copilot integrated into vs code and android... Idk it's like ego I guess. Anytime somebody presents some app I'm like "wow you made that? Crazy" then it's like "no AI made it" and I'm like oh... I mean I'm gonna do it since I'm broke and can't quit right now but I am gonna leave eventually. Find…
Yry and separate your sense of self worth from your job. You are not defined by your job.
A job is primarily a way of adding value - you sell your time and get paid.
If your job offers you more than just money that's great. But if you find your satisfaction elsewhere that's better. Jobs can come and go, nothing is guaranteed.
Of course you want to do your job well. Of course you want to be the best version of yourself. But ultimately you are selling your time to your employer, it belongs to them not you.
Personally I love my job. But if it ended tomorrow I'd be OK. My job is part of who I am, but I am more than just my job. I would morn it like a dead relative. But I will exist after my job is done.
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#34Re: Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah I use AI from Google search then I type I'm a sample piece of code. The vibe coding where you have the side panel say copilot integrated into vs code and android... Idk it's like ego I guess. Anytime somebody presents some app I'm like "wow you made that? Crazy" then it's like "no AI made it" and I'm like oh... I mean I'm gonna do it since I'm broke and can't quit right now but I am gonna leave eventually. Find…
Yry and separate your sense of self worth from your job. You are not defined by your job. A job is primarily a way of adding value - you sell your time and get paid. If your job offers you more than just money that's great. But if you find your satisfaction elsewhere that's better. Jobs can come and go, nothing is guaranteed. Of course you want to do your job well. Of course you want to be the best version of yoursel…
The only reason I'm concerned with the job ending is I don't have savings just poor life decisions
It's crazy though what co-pilot is doing in Android Studio, it's going through hardware stuff that's beyond what I can do and I'm just typing in words.
I'm getting the picture, the car still needs a driver.
Yeah I need money so I'll focus on that/do well to keep the job. I can do passion on my own time.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is the same thing
I don't think so, an AI can think for you, a spreadsheet you manually fill in, sure there are calculators you could use, some summing function. An LLM/agent could drive a spreadsheet
How would you feel about a machinist refusing to use CNC machines and only manually machining parts?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think so, an AI can think for you, a spreadsheet you manually fill in, sure there are calculators you could use, some summing function. An LLM/agent could drive a spreadsheet
How would you feel about a machinist refusing to use CNC machines and only manually machining parts?
I think that becomes the same argument as high level to assembly
Re: Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
#39It's funny it's like those horror movies where people are trying to run away from this hive mind that's converting people. Then you see the creature latch on and control the person, their eyes go blank and stare off into space, now everything's fine.
I feel that now ha, I was so against it... now I've tasted it, had it reverse engineer a bluetooth stack... I see the power. I still don't like how I didn't really do anything other than drive it... but yeah. I need to stay in the job for the high pay but still feel the same about loss of joy.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a term for feeling sad about forced AI adoption?
#40Socialism