This smells to me an awful lot like the

"You're not a real ham if you don't use Morse code", "You're not a real machinist if you use CNC", "Your mechanical drawing skills are going to atrophy if you use CAD CAM. "You should manually tape PCB layouts, so you have more control.

And another grandfather's favorite, "Why do you want to use the forklift? You won't always have one, and a pry bar and rollers are good enough, and you learn the value of real work."

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bccdee 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think there's a big difference between "your drawing skills will atrophy if you use CAD to draw for you" and "your brain will atrophy if you ask an LLM to think for you." Personally I don't judge people for being unable to draw, but I do judge them for being unable to think for themselves.

	▲	forgetfreeman 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I judge the shit out of people who can't draw AND bill themselves as visual artists so there is that.

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halestock 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'd say it's more like you're not a real driver if you use Waymo to get around everywhere.

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grim_io 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but I'm a software developer, not a typist.

A delivery person is still delivering stuff, even if it turns out that using a waymo is cheaper/faster.

	▲	QuercusMax 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		An L7 SWE TLM at Google once told me that he enjoys building software, he just doesn't like the data entry parts - that's why he was a manager and not an IC. I think there are a lot of ICs who may need to re-evaluate what their job actually entails and what they're paid for.