I read a blog post from developer that said he was opposed to coding with LLMs, but is now onboard because he doesn’t want to get left behind. He doesn’t acknowledge the cost to others in terms of energy waste at all. He says he now thinks of himself as a “software architect,” a position widely discredited as useless ten years ago.
This reminds me of people working at Spotify a few years ago. The dominant attitude was, yes, I’m against promoting bigotry and nickeling and diming artists, but I must advance my own individual career.
I’m sure the same line of thinking goes for people working at tech companies kissing Trump’s ass. It’s “nothing personal.”
This particular aspect of human behavior doesn’t make for a great survival characteristic. “Yes, digging high-priced minerals out of the foundation of our city will cause it to collapse. But I’ll be the one who escapes with the minerals while it collapses on everyone else.”