AI CURMUDGEON: AI is a backhoe

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Both a shovel and a backhoe do the same job – they dig holes. The backhoe is certainly faster and more powerful, but in the hands of a novice a shovel can only cause a relatively small amount of trouble, while a backhoe can cause much bigger headaches (both literally and figuratively). In the intervening 2 years since my original AI post, I have heard from many colleagues who’ve used AI tools to great effect.

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