Rich Hickey argues for distinguishing the development of judgment and skill through directly using tools from automation that delegates production to an LLM. He worries that delegating reading and thinking can erode competence. A response notes that compilers and spreadsheets are also automation tools, and that repeatedly revising, testing, and rejecting AI output requires skill. Both original essays recognize the risks of uncritical delegation and the importance of control, but disagree over excluding AI from the category of tools.