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People were plenty productive before AI burst onto the scene. Wanting to not have AI shoved down your throat doesn't suddenly make someone "not productive". What an utterly assinine take. Thank you for being Exhibit A for why everyone hates the AI bros.

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I was productive for 25+ years before AI, now I'm more productive because of it. At this point in time, you can do all the software engineering and programming and design yourself, and at worst an agent will be able to literally just type it out faster than you can. I've typed 100 WPM average since I learned how to use a computer, 135+ at a burst, and when I need to type a ton of code that I already understand fully, agents are faster. She doesn't have to outsource her thinking, but this decision will show up on her metrics to her employer whether it's for religious reasons or not.

You wouldn't call a carpenter using electric tools a "Power Tool Bro". I didn't hear of anybody using autocomplete called an "Intellisense Bro". If a someone worked for a shop and refused to use lithium-ion batteries for religious reasons in favor of their hand-crank drill, they would be less productive, and the shop would be better off hiring an equivalently talented carpenter with a modern skillset and fewer arbitrary hangups. That's the level of absurdity on display with this comparison.

She's just using religion as so many ill-intentioned people do - an appeal to authority to justify behavior she intrinsically wanted to act out anyway, and becoming a burden to others in the process.