I’m going to start calling responses like these “death rattles”

There’s something uniquely spirited about narrowly focused experts feeling threatened by “AI” and responding like this wherein some set of claims are made (“AI will never be able to [insert your speciality]” or “This can’t do the [specific edge case in an expert at]”)

except for the root claim:

“This threatens both my economic stability because it will shift my market, and my social status because I have devoted 100,000 hours to practicing and expertise so that I can differentiate myself because it’s part of my identity”

> feeling threatened by “AI”

Why the quotes there? I do feel threatened by AI, but not economically, not in the context of this article at least.

> AI will never be able to

I said no such thing.

> This can’t do the

I also didn't said that, I didn't focus on any particular thing it can't do. In general I don't voice my opinion, I think here the urge was just too strong because the examples were just too crude and I had to say if you think those are impressive, you can literally do it after a day's worth of learning; and I only flexed my expertise to give some strength to that statement and motivate people to really try.

> “This threatens both my economic stability because it will shift my market, and my social status because I have devoted 100,000 hours to practicing and expertise so that I can differentiate myself because it’s part of my identity”

I'm an OSHA inspector/instructor. I don't think what I learned in 3D will go to waste even if AI will actually start creating good 3D models (I wouldn't bet against it).