Comment by afiodorov

She was not offended but thought I could benefit from therapy. She didn’t share my opinion - she said it’d not bother her if AI could eventually solve problems for her.

I later realised that my motivation depended heavily on believing I was making a contribution that would otherwise go unmade. The prospect of AI doing that work undermined my motivation, but it needn’t undermine hers. I was trying to explain why I was struggling to continue, though I can see how calling the work “pointless” came across as dismissive.