But many of the low-effort comments seem to mostly fall into (1) and (2) -- cynicism rather than cautious optimism.
One good riposte to reflexive LLM-bashing is, "Isn't that just what a stochastic parrot would say?" Some HN'ers would dismiss a talking dog because the C code it wrote has a buffer overflow error.
It's understandable that people whose career and lifelong skill set that are seemingly on the precipice of obsolescence are going to be extremely hostile to that threat.
How many more years is senior swe work going to be a $175k/yr gig instead of an $75k check-what-the-robot-does gig?
It depends. If you got into computing because it seemed like the most lucrative career choice to which you might be suited, then yes, I can imagine feeling threatened. Bummer, sucks to be you. But if you got into computing because it seemed like the most interesting thing available to work on, then no, I can't imagine not being fascinated by, and supportive of, the progress being made in the ML field today. Any hostility you feel should be directed at the people who want to lock it all up behind legislative, judicial, or proprietary doors.
In my case, it's all I can do not to walk away from everything else I'm doing to follow this particular muse. I don't have a lot of sympathy for my colleagues who see it as a threat. If you're afraid of new ideas, technologies, and methodologies, you picked the wrong line of work.
One good riposte to reflexive LLM-bashing is, "Isn't that just what a stochastic parrot would say?" Some HN'ers would dismiss a talking dog because the C code it wrote has a buffer overflow error.