Did SWEs Take AI Disruption 'With Grace'? X Users Clash Over Analogy to Artists' Protests
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-11
sytelus argued that AI disruption already happened in software engineering and engineers accepted it "with grace and excitement" — no petitions against AI hackathons, no complaining about non-professionals generating code. basedjensen quote-posted to dispute the claim, pushing back on the framing that SWEs took it gracefully, in an ongoing debate comparing creatives' AI protests with engineers' reactions.
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