Comment by teleforce

> Call it AI-first, AI-proficient, whatever you like

Can we just call it AI assistant and since it is really what it is. Just call a spade a spade, call it a day.

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang refer to AI as teammate in his recent COMPUTEX presentation, but it's disingenuous to call that since it's a just tool, but a very potent tool nonetheless. He's obviously biased to a fault but he's literally banking his company on AI now, but for the rest of us AI assistant should do more than fine.

Calling it teammate, workmate or friend is also rather childish. It's like having an imaginary friend that can lead young people to do silly things and this risk probably can be extended to junior developers [1],[2].

[1] Chatbots Can Be Dangerous For Kids:

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/chatbots-can-be-danger...

[2] Why AI companions and young people can make for a dangerous mix:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2025/08/ai-chatbots-k...