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		jappgar 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vibe engineering Anthropomorphizing LLMs is not going to help anyone. They're not "lying" to you. There's no intent to deceive. I really think that the people who have the hardest time adapting to AI tools are the ones that take everything personally. It's just a text generator, not a colleague.

joks 66 days ago [–]

> It's just a text generator, not a colleague.

The person you are responding to is quite literally making the same point. This entire thread of conversation is in response to the post's author stating that using a coding agent is strongly akin to collaborating with a colleague.

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