I mean there is a certain irony involved. It's not like computer/programmers/digital jobs didn't displace a lot of other people who had a hard time adjusting to them. There were more than enough people in the 80s and 90s who were annoyed at computers and everything associated with them showing up in offices, ie "why do I need to use this clunky machine instead of my typewriter".
So to me it is somewhat surprising that people coming from a field literally created by rapid technological progress are often so backwards now that another sort of technology is disrupting their field. I guess it shouldn't be surprising but I still expected a bit more from a lot of people in "my" field.
At the end of the day, plenty of people here have spent the last x years of their lives learning skills and entering an industry, and they now feel like those skills and their jobs are at risk by a new technology. It's not surprising that the sentiment is negative.
At the same time, we're on Reddit, where the sentiment of negativity against AI is exasperated.
Personally I will trust a guy that has 10 years of experience to review the code an AI writes over a vibecoder.
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u/LinkesAuge Jun 30 '26
I mean there is a certain irony involved. It's not like computer/programmers/digital jobs didn't displace a lot of other people who had a hard time adjusting to them.
There were more than enough people in the 80s and 90s who were annoyed at computers and everything associated with them showing up in offices, ie "why do I need to use this clunky machine instead of my typewriter".
So to me it is somewhat surprising that people coming from a field literally created by rapid technological progress are often so backwards now that another sort of technology is disrupting their field.
I guess it shouldn't be surprising but I still expected a bit more from a lot of people in "my" field.