Was it? Iirc there was always something interesting on the front page besides the blockchain. Now there are days when there's nothing besides the "AI" created "AI" spam.
IMO the crypto / blockchain dominated periods were worse than the AI dominance of the moment. But YMMV I suppose!
I think it goes past 2018, but yes. It's a similar proportion of activity.
There's no way you think this is comparable to blockchain?
I think this is another level because AI affects the actual job of programming regardless of domain which is not the case with blockchain
Even if you don't use AI you may still have to review co-workers using it