It's crazy how defensive (offensive) people can get when you're into programming/math/whatever. Almost like "I don't understand your world, I don't want to, and I hate it and hope you fail".
Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Zuckerberg, Bezos, this whole scene has gotten fucking insufferable and everyone who isn't in the cult hates AI and hates the world techies want to build, and justifiably so. It wasn't at all long ago when the consensus on HN was that programming was the only profession AI could never automate because it alone was the product of pure intellect and skill. It shouldn't surprise anyone that there's a bit of schadenfreude to see the tables turn.
We really need to renormalize beating up nerds again.
If you had the chance to do me harm now, would you?
But if you read my comment and only saw it as a personal threat then you are expressing exactly the lack of contextual insight and empathy that makes people find techies insufferable.
Every facet of nerd culture has been overrun by people who need their heads shoved in a toilet at the very least, and some in a guillotine.
Some people who "used to love programming" have jumped ship for precisely this reason. Ordinary software (not R&D) is getting serious. A broken or disagreeable app is no longer a mere inconvenience. There is growing alignment between business and politics and the older generation is retiring out.