Comment by PeterStuer

Fear and resentments. I've seen this not just online but also in conversation with friends. They encouter blogs and Youtube vids about great success with AI agents. Mainstream press articles about how AI is set to eliminate all jobs in 3 years, and mass layoffs in tech because 'AI' (even though we have had the same cyclic boom/bust in tech every 7 years before 'AI', not saying this cycle isn't different though).

They even tried some ChatGTP or Copilot coding themselves, throwing in some vague 'do this' prompt and got bad results. So they decided either "it's all bs hype for losers' or "man, I'm clearly not cut out for this new AI world, hope I can hold out till I can retire"

So every time they see an AI post, they feel the need to wave a '100% pure non AI coder, who's with me?' flag.