I don't have a shred of empathy for software engineers at risk to AI

Same old technological advancement they championed coming for them.

Too bad for them they had too little vision and skill for engineering which led them to erroneous conclusion hardware would never evolve to be self-configuring even though its a long sought goal of hardware engineering

I mean this is the US, where it could be argued the lack of social safety net means none of us really have empathy for our neighbors. Same as I am not out there feeding homeless, if you end up living in your car, oh well.

I'm fine with "live by the sword, die by the sword" for software engineering. SWEs who insisted on using outdated tooling have been getting replaced for decades. If I get replaced, it's my fault. Not speaking for truckers or other professions, just my own.