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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@selfcare/116815727262141871
So this occurred to me to try a couple of days ago, and what a timely post from @selfcare here ... I'm trying out #NoAIFriday - and likely extending it to the weekend too.
You might be forced or feel pressured to use #AI - specifically #LLMs - at work. Your community projects might be #AIpilled as well. But apart from the ethical and environmental reasons why the current LLM proliferation is both bad but also unsustainable -- it's also bad for you personally! It can cause burnout (HBR: https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry); it can cause #CognitiveImpairment (MIT, Cornell via BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6xz12j6pzo)
So I'm practicing #SelfCare by going cold turkey on Fridays - artisanal coding only (I'll make an exception for #OncallDuty) followed by a mild form of #TechShabbat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Shabbat) over the weekend