---
title: "My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-ai-skeptic-friends-are-all-nuts-v65wy0t7b
source_url: https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/
type: article
source: "Fly.io"
published: 2025-06-02T20:50:05.281Z
updated: 2025-06-02T20:50:30.257Z
tags: ["ai", "productivity", "llm"]
reading_time: 15
upvotes: 26
comments: 8
language: en
---

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# My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts

**[Fly.io](https://daily.dev/sources/flydotio)** · 15 min read · 26 upvotes · 8 comments

## Summary

A veteran developer argues against common criticisms of AI-assisted programming, contending that modern LLM coding agents are fundamentally different from simple ChatGPT interactions. The author addresses skeptics' concerns about code quality, hallucination, and craft, arguing that agents can handle tedious coding tasks while developers focus on higher-level decisions. They emphasize that LLMs excel at generating repetitive code, reducing Google searches, and maintaining momentum on projects, while developers retain responsibility for code review and architectural decisions.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@timlah** · 14 upvotes

> > Important caveat: I’m discussing only the implications of LLMs for software development. For art, music, and writing? I got nothing. I’m inclined to believe the skeptics in those fields. I just don’t believe them about mine.
>
> This caveat kind of tells me the author is also unsure about their defence of AI. As mentioned by other commenters, these aren't the common issues raised (although everyone talks about the hallucinations, turns out a human interpreter is pretty difficult when humans and their communication abilities and methods vary).
>
> The author already knows that for other fields,...

**@daniel8000** · 14 upvotes

> So Im probably a Nut as well. But anyway, everybody is responsible for his decisions. Including AI adoption in workflow. If you like AI and take responsibility for AI - go for it. If you dont  - be a Nut and get used to it.

**@alx\_dsz** · 10 upvotes

> Most of the so called "skeptics" I know have nothing against LLMs...
> They usually point out the risks of bad usage of it. Never heard a professional using the arguments touched in this article...
>
> Maybe I live in a bubble.

**@ezpie** · 4 upvotes

> I'm not even against LLMs; I'm more against the way they're being marketed and used in everything. They said they would replace us in a few months. Well, it's been a few years since they said that!

**@chrollorifat** · 1 upvotes

> another AI mumbo-jumbo boot-licking

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