Both can be true. On the one hand, I welcome the ability to leverage machines to automate work that I find boring, with ever-increasing complexity and cleverne

Both can be true. On the one hand, I welcome the ability to leverage machines to automate work that I find boring, with ever-increasing complexity and cleverness. This frees me up to remain in the creative thinking headspace, and interpersonal relationships which are oh-so-necessary to build products. From a team perspective, this also allows a fixed-size group of engineers to take on ever increasing scopes and scale. At the same time, society at large operates in a very different mode. I would argue that it has not finished "digesting" the previous technological advancements. While disruption is something to be celebrated on a personal level, in a society, it starts out as a net negative before benefits start to be realized. And as usual, it is the most vulnerable members who suffer the most, and the most powerful who gain the most. I am optimistic in the short term for myself and in the long run I think it will be beneficial for society. But there will be a lot of pain born by the vulnerable.