That is how much Lemmy hates AI, even a discussion about it that expressed any degree of positivity is bad.

My guess is you're being downvoted because you claim AI is the coolest invention since the internet, but ironically you present that claim to a corner of the internet instead of inside the safety of a prompt window. Some may find this ironic because instead of asking the "almost resembling consciousness" to generate an almost resembling answer, you opted to consult a primary source instead. Some folks might see this as the behavior of someone so close to figuring it out...

Hive mind.

Other commenter is right, and it's exactly why I don't give much credit to Lemmy's general opinion on AI. If it's so bad that even the discussion around it has to be downvoted, then I don't think they're arguing in good faith. Personally ChatGPT has helped me immensely with my work. It's not the world-changer everyone swears it's going to be, I'm fully out of the hype train - However only a fool would say that it has no value at this point. If engineers are refusing to use it, they're going to be left behind. The real job loss will be for those who refuse to use it altogether. Solid engineers see it as a new tool in their toolbelt and use it as such.