It's not really a profound insight. Back in the 1980s when I first started writing BASIC programs I remember thinking "well, if someone invents a program that can write programs, there will be no more work for programmers"

It's easy to have that thought, and eventually you'll be correct. One thing about technology is that it only improves. It's always building on top of what already exists. The only uncertainty is the exact timing, not the ultimate outcome.

This is it.

The people struggling right now - they were told. 30 years ago. They really should have come to terms with it by now.

But these are also the people who refused to believe it, for whatever reason. Their heads were in the sand. So I do feel bad for them... but... this is somewhat self inflicted.

No. They might have better braced themselves for the hit, but the wound was not self-inflicted.

Refusing to get out of the way of a train isn't the train's fault.

Lol ...and they call AI inhuman!

We've been hearing about this train for more than 30 years. Anyone who didn't see it coming had their head in the sand.

It's ok - I understand it seemed impossible. But many people understood it just fine - and they're doing fine.

I knew for decades that my parents were going to die, but I still mourned the day it happened, and for a long while afterwards.

Your inability to give space for those who love math to mourn its inevitable evolution is unnecessarily cruel.

Yeah, that doesn't seem comparable to me. A true comparison I think would be if you denied your parents would ever die and then your life were put in jeopardy when it happened because you didn't plan.

But we've gone back and forth about this a few times now about the same disagreement over framing.

You have a nice day.