Just as importantly: we have to stop amplifying tech bosses’ chosen narratives about their products’ destructive potential, because this helps them raise more money and do more terrible things. Bernie Sanders needs to stop insisting that the US government should own 50% of the money-losingest corporations the world has ever seen and start talking about how they will not get a government bailout when their investment bubble bursts.
I read this sort of stuff every day. I’m a software architect though and I use this stuff every day. It’s not a toy for us. It’s a powerful tool of our craft.
Yes, people can make slop with it and vibe code with no clue. But engineers can also learn and collaborate and get much more significant work done with it.
If y’all are thinking this will go away, I would not bet on it.