> opposition to AI springs from having their identities threatened.
I think there's definitely some truth to this. I saw similar pushback from the "learn to code" and coding bootcamp era, and you still frequently see it in Linux communities where anytime the prospect of more "normies" using Linux comes up, a not insignificant part of the community is actively hostile to that happening.
The attitude goes all the way back to eternal september.
And it's "the bootcamp era" rather than the new normal because it didn't work out as well as advertised. Because of the issues highlighted in that pushback.
I think there's definitely some truth to this. I saw similar pushback from the "learn to code" and coding bootcamp era, and you still frequently see it in Linux communities where anytime the prospect of more "normies" using Linux comes up, a not insignificant part of the community is actively hostile to that happening.
The attitude goes all the way back to eternal september.