> It's also wildly unrealistic conjecture, in my opinion.

The only property of good tools you've mentioned that LLMs have is they do something useful.

But are they reliable? No, they inexplicably work sometimes and don't work other times. Do they have a clear purpose? No, their purpose is muddled and it's sold as being capable of literally everything. Are the ergonomics good? No, the interface is completely opaque, accessed only behind a natural language text box that comes with no instructions on how to use. But then it must be intuitive, right? No, common wisdom on how to use them sound more like astrological forecasts, or the kind of advice you give people trying to get something from a toddler -- "If you want good results, first you have to get into character!"... etc. etc.

> it makes me more productive.

Awesome! I'm sure they are doing exactly what you say and your experiences with them are amazing. But yours and my personal productivity isn't the question facing the industry at the moment or the topic of this discussion.

The question isn't whether you personally as an induvial find these things useful in your process. If that were the question I wouldn't be here complaining about them. I'm here because the powers that be are telling us that we must adopt these things into every aspect of our work lives as soon as possible, and if we don't, we deserve to be left behind. THAT is what I'm here to talk about.

> And a tool doesn't need to fit everyones processes to be a good tool.

I haven't argued this. Of course a tool doesn't have to fit everyone's process to be good, but we have some generally accepted principles of good tool design, and LLMs don't follow them. That doesn't preclude you from using them well in your process.