I am not necessarily arguing against GenAI. I am sure it will have somewhat similar effects to how the explosion in popularity of garbage collected languages et

I am not necessarily arguing against GenAI. I am sure it will have somewhat similar effects to how the explosion in popularity of garbage collected languages et al had on software back in the 90s. More stuff will get done, the barrier of entry will be lower etc. The craft of programming took a significant quality/care hit when it transitioned from "only people who care enough to learn the ins and outs of memory management can feasibly do this" to "now anyone with a technical brain and a business use case can do it". Which makes sense, the code was no longer the point. The C++ devs rightly felt superior to the new java devs in the narrow niche of "ability to craft code." But that feeling doesn't move the needle business wise in the vast majority of circumstances. Which is always the schism between large technology leaps. Basically, the argument of "its worse" is not WRONG. Just, the same as it did not really matter in the mid 90s. Does not matter as much now, compared to the ability to "just get something that kinda works."