It's not the AI tools that are the problem. It's the "peer"-pressure.
I've always been high energy, 200% commitment, and thus always balancing on the edge of burnout. I had to learn though that when in leadership roles, you cannot demand that of those that report to you. It must be drive, not pressure.
I can't imagine working for one of the frontier models (assuming I was smarter). It sounds like constant non-stop grinding. If I were a world class AI researcher I would definitely quiet quit at Meta where nobody seems to expect anything.
I think that the real pressure is coming to those that survived layoff rounds and now need to work 5 former colleague's jobs in addition to their own, in tmux tabs with Claude. They're absolutely right tho, that's for sure.
It's not the AI tools that are the problem. It's the "peer"-pressure.
I've always been high energy, 200% commitment, and thus always balancing on the edge of burnout. I had to learn though that when in leadership roles, you cannot demand that of those that report to you. It must be drive, not pressure.
Same for your peers. Same for your bot customers.