Are there simply two cultures among programmers? Along similar lines as the two cultures of mathematics? One motivated by the process itself, by esthetics, by abstractions, ideas. The other by solving problems. And then obviously these two cultures react very differently to AI.

I think AI has a third culture of supporters: one motivated by looking like an expert while making do with the skills of a novice

Never before we had something like this: a tool that knows more than you do, obeys like a slave, and doesn't mind if you take the credit. It's the dream of students that copied the homework/answers of others.

I like how you framed this distinction. I think I belong to the first group, and I'm having to reconcile with the loss of these activities I enjoyed.

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