I think you're wrong with those groups. I'll use myself as counterexample, but I know a sufficiently large number of people like me who also love AI to suggest

I think you're wrong with those groups. I'll use myself as counterexample, but I know a sufficiently large number of people like me who also love AI to suggest the pattern's wrong. Programming for 4 decades, happy to language lawyer with my C++ compiler, and love puzzle solving. And yet, I see AI as a tremendous gift. It's brought back the early exploratory feeling and joy. It's also taken care of a lot of tedium (no, migrating to a new library/api never was fun) And, best of all, how to use AI well/correctly to produce prod quality code is one of the biggest puzzles out there. It's a great time! But I don't think your characterization is entirely wrong, because the 'Ugh! AI!" continent is indeed strong in your second group. Specifically, people who have that long seniority and enjoyed being "the expert" - i.e more knowledgeable about a topic than many. AI is compressing that gap.