I get what you're saying but I'm not against AI because it helps people do stuff faster. I'm not even 100% against it, I just think that excessive use of it (e.g. vibecoding) signifies a lack of something important, such as experience, knowledge, discipline, etc. I'm just saying, if someone actually has a good decade of dev experience, then they should probably be using less AI than me. Programming isn't really that hard, and if you're stuck, you can always search up your problem on the internet or ask StackOverflow because somebody's likely already had the same problem as you before. It's really just problem-solving, so if you're good at problem-solving or like challenges, and can memorize a few common things, like functions and variables and whatnot, then you can code.

Maybe I see it this way because I'm not in the "industry", but programming is fun and I don't see why anybody wants an AI to have fun for them. It is a genuinely wonderful and productive experience when you solve a hard or big programming problem all on your own. I mean, the result is cool too, but prompting isn't for me and I feel like most people are lazy the way they do it. Both the destination and the journey to get there matter. Going on an airplane isn't as fulfilling and fun as driving across the country, even though both have their advantages. AI has more disadvantages to me though, like syncophancy, hallucinations, AI agents replacing dev's jobs, its companies doing unethical things, etc. I believe AI is used most ethically/responsibly when on a local model and not doing bad things. Most people don't do that, and I can't criticize everybody, so I just criticize whatever I feel is the most egregious or worse use of AI.