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Please stop the AI confidence theater

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Re: Please stop the AI confidence theater

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

False dichotomy much? The tools can be force multiplying without being “100x productivity boosting,” which I’ve never once heard claimed except from critics.

antirez said 100x.[1] [1] https://x.com/antirez/status/2058808933309927877

He could be very wrong, or just excessively hyperbolic.

Re: Please stop the AI confidence theater

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> But show me something that has become so critical in your day that if I took it away tomorrow, your work would actually fall apart. Show me something truly life changing. - I no longer look at log files. If there's an MCP that gets access, I don't even download them - I don't look up implementation details, just say "I want this bit to do X". In general, I don't concern myself with technical details anymore - I don…

> I don't concern myself with technical details anymore. I don't try to debug. To brag about this openly...

Technology was and always will be a means to an end, not the end itself.
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