If I were 17, I'd be going to parties, music festivals, chasing girls, and enjoying my youth.
But sure, make the kids even more depressed by telling them they need to learn how to build an LLM so they can get a job working themselves to death to make Paul and friends rich.
This community is filled with people who were obsessed with microcomputers or (depending on which generation) websites during their teenage years. HN was created by and is managed by people of this type. No doubt we're a minority, and the type you describe is more common, but if you're implying there's something wrong with teenagers being intellectually curious about technology, I can't help but think of the way "nerds" used to get put down and shamed in the past.