> I think it depends where people build their own identities in the value stream. Do you see yourself as.... It is about mindset.
No. You're missing the point in a pretty serious way. In large part, we're talking about lower levels on the hierarchy of needs than that.
> Some folks see AI as an attack, and some see it as a way to remove some drudgery while they focus on harder problems.
Some folks see it as a way to remove hard problems so they can focus on drudgery. Do you love to code, but hate code reviews? Guess what you get to do more of now!
> Building greenfield prototypes is now 100x easier!
And then the boss-man can use his MBA, fire 90% of the team, pocket their wages, and get 10x the prototypes. Repeat that through the economy. Your teammates have 20 years to retirement and can't pay their mortgage. "Progress!," but for whom?