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I’m being discriminated against for my views on AI. You know which ones

In a word - yes. But we're not just talking wrenches here. We're talking a class of tool that has (potentially) massive social and economic impact. Even if it weren't, digerati will commit textual jihad over what tool is pushing electrons and how. But thats usually within the subculture.

"all the useful AI talk" Well there's your problem right there.

I think plumbers do talk about wrenches, yes

Yes, tradespeople talk about tools: Makita vs Ryobi vs Milwaukee vs… But they’re not emotionally invested in them. That’s just weird. bsky.app/profile/aozo...

This is very nearly what happens quite believably in a Bob's Burgers episode when a chef and a handyman have an argument about whether a chef's knife or a hammer is the finer tool and they each take it very personally.

I personally avoid talking about work on here at all, because I do that all day at work!

they care a great deal about if you have the red or yellow or green sets of tools, it's a whole thing

There are 10s of millions of bluesky users. He can find like-minded people and create a community. If he can't, that seems to be a him problem. Jeez.

Actual craftsmen frequently obsess over their tools and brand loyalty. But in their defense, those tools actually do the job they're meant to do and don't just start doing some other random task badly or try to gaslight their users into believing they've done their jobs properly.

TVtropes users.

"Come to X, it has AI embedded in it EVERYWHERE. Come with us Danny, use ChatGPT. You can use codex and write whole applications! Come with us Danny, and you can have free credits! Then we can have conversations forever. And ever. And ever. And ever. And ever. and everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

But I for one am much more interested in wrenches than anything "agentic"

Damn right! And dont get started on electricians or surgeons.

Not just tools, agentic tools!

That whole post is just fucking weird in my opinion. I'm so sick of people yucking other people's yums in general. I normally just ignore it but I like your take here.

AI is dumb, etc. Having said that, tradespeople whose livelihood is dependent on their tools working reliably will absolutely talk to each other about what tools are worth the cost and what tools you’re better off going to Harbor Freight to get.

Glad they’re filtering themselves out

“Agentic” comes off as so… tryhard

This person is clearly a formers Sears employee.

dewalt versus makita is actually a thing for some parts of the construction industry.

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding what agentic means in this context, but if it means people don’t feel comfortable here because they use LLM tools… then yeah, feel bad, don’t stay.

I am so fucking tired of AI bros everywhere. Like it is impossible to work a job without having to hear about AI. God forbid one website isn't an echo chamber for AI and tries to hold people accountable for using the theft machine.

Car guys do. It’s infuriating. They all turn bolts!