"I don't want to do this without AI" sounds like we're already well into the brain atrophy stage of this. Now what? (I'd think about it myself but....)
I don’t want to do work around the house without a fully charged battery for my ryobi either. I don’t want to go on a groccery run without my car. Using tools is not brain atrophy
I'm pretty sure that this was exactly the response to the first generation of devs who insisted on coding with a terminal instead of submitting punch cards like "real programmers".
AI will soon be an intrinsic part of the job. Now what? "Get your thumb out of your ass and learn [how to use AI]." —Eric S. Raymond
"I avoid issues like AI can finish things in just 2 hours, but I have to spend 20 hours. I will feel so painful if the task is decided as AI-disallowed."
What really doesn't sound like the results they got where developers may get up to twice as productive on the best scenario.
There's surely something scary there. And the lack of people ambivalent about AI isn't a certain indication it's well accepted as they think, it can just as easily be caused by polarization.