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i'm absolutely in the "AI is a Tool" camp, and strongly believe it must be wielded extremely carefully and tactfully

only read ai summary of hickey’s take so far but the argument seems to be exactly what i’ve been thinking for a while and it shocks me anyone would disagree except as a way of instrumentalizing belief to reverse engineer evidence for ai being good like if ai is a tool probs so is your arm or brain

ai could be useful and also not a tool!!!!? otoh i can imagine extending tool in this way sort of i just think like it actually fucks with reasoning capacity to do so more than it provides ease

the reason for this is that the way we engage with things matters a LOT for our personal development and the work itself and i think a good workflow can probs emphasize heavy tool use in this narrower since paired with agentic support or driving as well a lot too

anyway i should get back to sleep instead of ranting about posts i’ve not yet read but been thinking about this from my own angle for a bit now so i was kinda just ready to burst lol