And yet I'm overwhelmingly demoralized and depressed about AI's encroachment on software engineering, so much so that I am finding it difficult to marshal cognitive resources. I'm finding it harder and harder to engage with coding problems, even though I love programming.
The last thing I expected was that AI, even kept at a distance, would rob me of the joy I find in one of the things I love most.
It so devalues what I do and my basic capabilities as a human being that I kind of want to die. I'll stick around for my daughter, my partner, and any future children, but I'm not optimistic at all about the future.