[davidork]

as with the printing press, cotton gin, etc.

new tools means the barrier to entry is lower.

i wanna say it was BOHF or maybe a thinkgeek shirt - something to the effect of STFU before i replace you with a (very short) shell script.

Asking Chat GPT to write code, and it spitting out valid, working code scared some people.

Having code that compiles/runs and answers the question asked isn't the job of a programmer.

if chat GPT can handle integration hell, the last 10% of the job that sucks up 90% of the time, the polish, sanding of rough edges and greasing of the wheels to make things flow, all the weird customer requests and magical woo woo buzzwords into a functioning product - then yeah people are fucked.

But for now, its just "neat"