First DALL-E came for the artists, and we laughed, because artists are worthless.

Then chatGPT came for the writers, and we laughed even harder, because those people are not only worthless but actively detrimental to society.

Then GitHub Copilot (and a thundercloud of bigger, better AI models on the horizon) came for programmers like us—and we were prepared, because automation doesn’t make US obsolete, oh no. It only makes us FASTER and BETTER and lets us focus on MORE IMPORTANT THINGS.

OK, that isn’t how every software developer thinks about AI. But … it’s a pretty common subtext, right?