[satyrun]

At this point it is just straight denial.

Like when a relationship is obviously over. Some people enjoy the ending fleeting moments while others delude themselves that they just have to get over the hump and things will go back to normal.

I suspect a lot of the denial is from the 30 something CRUD app lottery winner. One of the smart kids all through school, graduated into a ripping CRUD app job market and then if they didn't even feel the 2022 downturn, they now see themselves as irreplaceable CRUD app genius. Something understandable since the environment has never signaled anything to the contrary until now.

[sho_hn]

My psychological reaction to what's going on is somehow pretty different.

I'm a systems/embedded/GUI dev with 25 years of C++ etc., and nearly every day I'm happy and grateful to be the last generation to get really proficient before AI tools made us all super dependant and lazy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure people will find other ways to remain productive and stand out from each other - just a new normal -, but I'm still glad all that mental exercise and experience can't be taken away from me.

I'm more compelled to figure out how I can contribute to making sure younger colleagues learn all the right stuff and treat their brains with self-respect than I feel any need to "save my own ass" or have any fears about the job changing.

[jononor]

You made me think of the role of mental effort/exercise. In parts of the western world, we are already experiencing a large increase in dementia/alzheimer and related. Most of it is because we are doing better with other killers like heart etc, and many cancers also. But is said that mental activity is important to stave off degenerative diseases of the brain. Could widespread AI trigger a dementia epidemic? It would be 30 years out, but still...