[lee_ars]

>I don't mind using an LLM to shortcut areas that are just pure pain with no reward...

Enlightenment here comes when you realize others are doing the exact same thing with the exact same justification, and everyone's pain/reward threshold is different. The argument you are making justifies their usage as well as yours.

[visageunknown]

That may be true. Ultimately, what I'd advise is for people to be cognizant of their goals and whether AI does or does not help to achieve them.