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mark_l_watson • today at 9:43 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

Great read, thanks.

I spend a lot of time thinking about AI’s effect on me, as a person. TLDR: it’s a mixed bag: for non-coding things, AI has helped me learn and understand the world better. For coding, using AI coding harnesses and agents feels like an addiction.

I will say that I have used AI coding tools to make my Emacs setup the best it has ever been in 40+ years using Emacs.

It is weird to be using tools that sometimes make me think more about myself and their effect on me than the actual technical work I am doing.

Navel gazing.