"If AI can do it, it wasn't worth doing" — a take that's drawing pushback
nptacek · x · 2026-10-17
nptacek quotes and challenges a popular take: "any task AI can do is inherently not worth doing — code, slop, obscure math; things with real utility can't be done by AI." He asks why those most incurious about AI default to this response — skill issue or something else? A representative clash over how to judge the value of AI output.
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