> AI is writing more code than ever and this takes the passion out of it.
When you write code, you learn. When you write code, you grow. Your brain is doing things when you solve problems. Programming is not just the destination -- the product -- it's the journey.
I'm sure I can write something to solve my crossword puzzle in less than a second. But you know what, a completed crossword puzzle is pointless. It's the solving, not the product.
When you ask AI to write code, well, you learned you can press a button and get a thing.
> And it's only a matter of a decade or two before nothing is written by humans
We have mass-production and yet people still do their own woodwork, sometimes as a hobby, sometimes professionally.