to our retreats (are AI tools helping or hindering people’s growth?) But this certainly didn’t explain all of the discrepancy: The second factor was the type of programming work people cared about. [It’s similar] with AI tools / LLMs. We’ve all seen how tribal AI has become (especially online), with people quickly labeling each other as either AI boosters or haters. Given that, we were particularly heartened by how nuanced most of the RC alums we spoke with were in how they are thinking about AI.