I would agree with this nuance. As a software developer who is now heavily using LLMs for my job, I’ve wondered about how different people see LLMs and come to a similar conclusion.

I like them because it’s a low-level tool I reach for whereas many people forced to use “AI” are using crappy solutions hacked into their existing tools, à la Microsoft Copilot.

AI/LLMs can be a very useful tool, but when it’s just slapped onto existing products you use, it’s often limited or only supports very contrived use cases.

I’d hate AI too, if my only/main exposure to it was Microsoft copilot, or even Gemini in Google Drive/Docs.