> The difference is that the first camp is re-experiencing that feeling of wonder while the second camp is lamenting it.

I don't think so. I think the first camp does not get paid for programming, while the second camp does.

That's why the first camp is so happy, and why the second camp is not.

> I thankfully fall in the first camp. AI is allowing me to build things I couldn't, not due to a lack of skills, but a lack of time.

It sounds like you're developing for yourself only. Your attitude makes sense, then - you want a $FOO, and now you can have one without paying for it.

I think you can only empathise with the second camp if your ability to eat depends on being able to sell $FOOs.