I broke the ice with a lot more of my IRL friends in the last few months and most lean anti-AI with a few exceptions, for example, when your end goal is actually to get slop.

It’s probably the friend group you hang with. Based on your lack of capitalization, I’m guessing you are younger than me (maybe I’m wrong). A lot of young folks don’t see it because the worst AI shit was targeted at them and poisoning their development with AI dependence.

I do have someone close to be who loves AI, but I think they’ll come around when they see the US start paying for its AI missteps. Taking shortcuts only matters because quality and thoroughness isn’t valued. A good email should take at least a few minutes to write and a pro can weave in the appropriate details, requests, confirmations way better than a clanker.