I don't think hn is reflective of where programmers are today, culturally. 10 years ago, sure, it probably was.

what place is more reflective today?

I don't know about online forums, but all my IRL friends have a lot more balanced takes on AI than this forum. And honestly it extends beyond this forum to the wider internet. Online, the discourse seems extremely polarized: either it's all a pyramid scheme or stories about how development jobs are already defunct and AI can supervise AI etc.