SMRTR AIDec 7, 2025Daily.dev

AI Skeptic to AI Pragmatist

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A software engineer shifted from AI skepticism to viewing it as a pragmatic tool after months of development use. Through experimenting with GitHub Copilot and Cursor, he learned that effective AI use requires detailed context, treating AI as a collaborator, and using techniques like instruction files and task-specific models. Despite acknowledging ethical concerns around resource consumption and training data, he argues the industry should focus on ethical and effective implementation rather than dismissing AI's usefulness.

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