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There will be a generation who grow up with AI who don't know how to solve puzzles other than AI told them the answer. They will fill up the SW developer bucket quite quickly so that those who recall the pre-AI days will be vastly outnumbered. It feels bad now but it only going to get worse.

"People won't play difficult games anymore because the new Wolverine game gave them a blue line to follow everywhere and removed any need for decisions or exploration."

Yeah, I got into this field because I enjoyed solving deep technical problems mostly on my own.

Now instead I don't get to code anymore and I'm the manager of a half-dozen mid-level engineers with unflappable confidence and very, very poor long term memory.

You and me both, man :)