@davidcelis I'm not a software engineer, even though I did once attempt to work in that field, and even I can't understand how people can be happy with simply...surrendering all knowledge and control over their machines to "AI".

I can only surmise that this stratum of computer professional has been so completely corrupted by the business world, locked into thinking of their computers merely as devices that extrude marketable or tradable stuff of some sort, that now (even if they're still crowing about their coding excellence) they've forgotten that there's hardware under all the accumulated layers of software abstraction.

I'm reminded of the TSLA crowd who have an amazing habit of chattering about "the best car in the world" in a way that suggests TSLA cars aren't actually meant to be driven. They're meant to be shown off in parking lots, or being used to eat and drink and trade crypto while the car is driving itself, or whatever. They're cars for people who actually hate driving (and are probably wretched at it) but absolutely need a car as a status symbol and personal refuge.

~Chara