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That’s not what this is about at all. This is about opting out of a bad GenAI experience that gets in the way of you finding the information you’re looking for.

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This is just one article out of many that I've noticed here on HN over the past few weeks that are very anti-AI. As such, I have a sneaky suspicion that what I wrote is exactly what this backlash is about.

I have really huge reservations about LLMs, but a fear that they will replace me as a dev is certainly not one of them.

And while I can't speak for anybody but myself, I have never heard a dev I personally know express any real concern that they're going to be replaced by "AI". The ones who express professional concerns are mostly worried that AI is going to remove the aspects of software development that they enjoy.

I find the use of copilot reduces the amount of software drudgery that I don’t enjoy and lets me do far more of the parts I do enjoy.

The backlash is because an interesting technology that is not ready for prime time is being pushed out the door as the solution for every problem that exists. Any dev who’s been around long enough can recognize when a tech strategy is being pushed down from corporate leadership rather than driven up from its objective usefulness.

No. The backlash in this particular case is not against the AI itself. It is against companies abusing their users, i.e. enshittification.

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