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points by senordevnyc 2 days ago | 0 comments

You can. I work for myself, and I’d never go back to the pre-AI times voluntarily. I have superpowers now.

I work for myself, and I’d never use AI voluntarily. I mean, have you read the article in question?

I don’t see why I need to subject myself to burnout when I don’t have someone pushing me for higher productivity metrics. I enjoy thinking things through, planning, programming the bloody thing.

In all honestly, if I had to, I’d rather take drugs to be more productive than juggling a dozen agents. Being an overworked manager is no superpower.

[–] wseqyrku 1 day ago

There's another reason to go noai in your work, which is protecting your work.

It does feel like practicing being a monk not looking at it as a readily available option for most tasks, but I also believe from experience that the only way to learn is the hard way.

[–] senordevnyc 2 days ago

That's great! You do you, no one is trying to force you to do otherwise. My point is that people aren't only using AI because they're being forced to.

I also personally am not experiencing burnout from AI, although I do have to be careful to take breaks and stuff, but I've always been like that when engaged in stuff I find super enjoyable.

[–] runarberg 2 days ago

> people aren't only using AI because they're being forced to.

I‘d like to counter that. Those of us that don‘t use AI are loosing our jobs, fast. The industry is artificially selecting for AI users. Use AI or loose your job, sounds like a forced choice to me.

[–] senordevnyc 1 day ago

I am sure there are many who fall in that bucket, but there are also many employees who actually like AI and are enjoying using it. I know many such engineers.

And then there are people like me, who work for ourselves and aren’t being threatened by job loss. I have many friends in this category too.

That said, I’m sure there are also entrepreneurs who would rather not use AI but feel forced to in order to keep up with their competition or customer expectations. I don’t know, I haven’t heard from any of those.