This is because most people on HN who say they are skeptical about AI mean skeptical of AI capabilities. This is usually paired with statements that AI is "hitting a wall." See e.g.

> I'm very skeptical. I see all the hype, listen to people say it's 2 more years until coding is fully automated but it's hard for me to believe seeing how the current models get stuck and have severe limitations despite a lot of impressive things it can do. [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44015865]

> As someone who is mildly skeptical of the current wave of LLM hype and thinks it's hitting a wall... [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634169]

(that was what I found with about 30 seconds of searching. I could probably find dozens of examples of this with more time)

I think software developers need to urgently think about the consequences of what you're saying, namely what happens if the capabilities that AI companies are saying are coming actually do materialize soon? What would that mean for society? Would that be good, would that be bad? Would that be catastrophic? How crazy do things get?

Or put it more bluntly, "if AI really goes crazy, what kind of future do you want to fight for?"

Pushing back on the wave because you take AI capabilities seriously is exactly what more developers should be doing. But dismissing AI as an AI skeptic who's skeptical of capabilities is a great way to cede the ground on actually shaping where things go for the better.