The Anti-AI Crowd is Boring and Exhausting

Same old arguments, very little rationale or substance.

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You probably saw someone lose their mind over AI this week.

I did.

Someone posted about using AI for brainstorming and got the standard purity test:

“Intellectual theft!”

“You’re not a real creator!”

“People are losing jobs!”

“They sent Terminators to kill John Connor!”

The usual outrage from people who’ve never actually used the tool or understand how to use the tool.

I don’t use AI to write for me.

I programmed it to ask me questions that make my work better. It’s a thinking partner, not a replacement. Same way a calculator doesn’t make you bad at math if you understand what you’re calculating.

The backlash comes from three camps: the Neo-Luddites who rage against any new tech, the Purists who think their way is the only way, and people who just fear change.

Some of their concerns are reasonable. The way they take them to irrational extremes isn’t.

The real fear? Replacement.

Same fear anyone faces when forced to adapt to new realities.

What they should be scared of is being left behind, which they will be if they don’t take the time to learn, but they’ll get there one day. They just don’t know it yet.

But here’s the thing: the tool doesn’t replace you. How you use it determines if you’re building something real or just generating slop.

I’ve seen so many people pick “AI is evil” as their hill to die on without ever learning how it actually works. They let media talking points do their thinking for them.

Meanwhile, the people who understand the tool are building systems that actually help them create better work.

The question isn’t “Should I use AI?” It’s “Do I understand what I’m using it for?”

Hit reply and tell me: What tool are people judging you for? And do they actually know how you use it?