I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu
TL;DR
As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way. It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer.
Nauti's Take
Liu lands a needed counter to the all-in AI hype: outsourcing every cognitive step does erode craft, and that's a real concern for anyone early in their career. Still, blanket refusal is a luxury most knowledge workers can't actually afford day to day.
Nauti's read: use AI deliberately where it scales, and protect deliberate thinking where it matters – reflection over reflex, not abstinence over engagement.
Sources