But you can be a software dev even if you do not work in software dev. Plenty of those individuals in open source, for example.
replywriting software for a hobby is different from hundreds of thousand that do it 40+ hours per week, go into planning into retros into milestone review meetings etc.
replyI am painting in my free time as a hobby. I do not think I am an authority or should be taken seriously when taking about impact of AI on artists.
A better test is to see if the author stands to financially (or other ways) benefit from the posts future predictions coming true. They also fail this one.
replyThat is also an influence, although that has a risk if one over-indexes on it and getting into tunnel-vision territory.
replyIf the opposing view is indeed correct and I dismiss them just because they voted with their feet or money, that would be unfair and damage building a diverse view of the debate landscape and opinions.