AI enhances human ability. In this case, it enhanced someone’s ability to be an asshole.

No you’re just deflecting his points with an ad hominem argument. Stop pretending to assume what he ‘truly feels’.

AI is too useful to fail. Worst case with a bust is that startup investment dries up and we have a 'winter' of delayed improvement. But people aren't going to stop using the models we have today.

Agree that LLMs go too far on error catching..

BUT, to play devil's advocate a little: Most human coders should be writing a lot more try/catch blocks than they actually do. It's very common that you don't actually want an error in one section (however unlikely) to interrupt the overall operation. (and sometimes you do, it just depends)