# The Ambivalence and Emptiness of Working With AI

DevFeed: [The Ambivalence and Emptiness of Working With AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/article-41019.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.joway.io/posts/the-past-before-ai/>)

Author: Joway

Published: 2026-03-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: zh

Sources: [Random Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/random-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [thought](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thought.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion essay reflects on the author's simultaneous dislike of and reliance on AI. It argues that AI-assisted work can replace a sense of accomplishment with uncertainty and emptiness, while expressing anxiety about declining creative quality and an increasingly uncertain professional future.

## Source excerpt

最近在做一个思想实验，如果你面前有一个按钮，按下就可以让 AI 从世界上消失，你是否会按下。身边很多朋友的答案都是会毫不犹豫的按下，即便有一些人还是那种最拥抱 AI 的人。 拥抱 AI 和厌恶 AI 可以同时在一个人身上发生，我自己就是这样的人。我厌恶 AI，是因为对昨日世界的怀念，我拥抱 AI，是因为今日世界无法回退，我没有不拥抱的选择。