There are different groups with vested interests that color a lot of AI discourse
You have Tech CEOs that want work done cheaper and AI companies willing to sell it to them. They will give you crazy alarming narratives around AI replacing all developers, etc.
Then you have tech employees who want to believe they’re irreplaceable. It’s easy to want to keep working how we’ve always worked with hope of getting back to pre 2022 levels of software hiring and income. AI stands in the way of that.
I don’t think people are doing this intentionally all the time. But there is so much money and social stature from all these groups on the line, there are very few able to give a neutral, disinterested perspective on a topic like AI coding.
And to add to that, reasoned, boring, thoughtful middle of the road takes are just naturally going to get fewer eyeballs than extreme points of view.
You have Tech CEOs that want work done cheaper and AI companies willing to sell it to them. They will give you crazy alarming narratives around AI replacing all developers, etc.
Then you have tech employees who want to believe they’re irreplaceable. It’s easy to want to keep working how we’ve always worked with hope of getting back to pre 2022 levels of software hiring and income. AI stands in the way of that.
I don’t think people are doing this intentionally all the time. But there is so much money and social stature from all these groups on the line, there are very few able to give a neutral, disinterested perspective on a topic like AI coding.
And to add to that, reasoned, boring, thoughtful middle of the road takes are just naturally going to get fewer eyeballs than extreme points of view.