Whenever I talk to programmers in real life, the discussions tend to be nuanced with people acknowledging both the pros and cons

That’s why I suspect that a large number of “anti ai coding” people are cosplaying as developers but are not really in the industry, or are too junior to have an objective opinion about the tool. The things they complain about are a dead giveaway that they have no grip on the reality of software engineering.

Not saying you can’t be legitimately anti-AI as a developer. You can say “I won’t try it cause fuck that shit”, that’s entirely valid and kinda based. Or you can say “I tried it and it didn’t really work for me for whatever reason”, 100% valid. But if you repeat ultra-polarized nonsense that is completely departed from the realities of the trade then yeah i’m gonna mark you down as a cosplayer. Which is weird to me because if i was to cosplay something i’d cosplay as something cool like Batman or Goku. Not as some boring specialized salaryman.