Sadly I think you’re right. I even shy away from sharing these types of posts at work because it feels like anything that doesn’t mesh with the status quo isn’t received well.

Same here. Anyone being even hesitant about AI is viewed negatively by management

This is the one case where management is right, they had to drag my (FAANG) org kicking and screaming into the AI future and it was worth it. We are moving 3-10x faster (team dependent).

Now the engineers I know that had the same skeptical tone as OP are the ones singing its praises and doing cool shit with it.