Ask HN: Why is not using AI considered a form of arrogance?

A Hacker News user questions whether refusing to use AI is arrogant, noting that while some people virtue signal about avoiding AI, most simply exercise personal choice. The user expresses nostalgia for life before large language models but accepts the need to adapt.

We all have to do what we have to do. I don't consider the fact that people refuse to use AI necessarily arrogant, they merely have the choice at this stage. There are some who exhibit arrogance/aggression and like to virtue signalling to us other mere mortals, which is annoying. Nonetheless, I preferred life before LLMs. Now I'm making the best of a bad situation, and going with the flow. Too old to fight a losing battle.