Tech mogul Sam Altman thanked developers for their hard work in training OpenAI’s massive code database. However, his comment comes as thousands of jobs are being cut due to AI adoption. Industry insiders mocked his sentiment, saying it implies that software engineers’ skills are outdated and unnecessary.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/sam-altmans-thank-you-to-coders-draws-the-memes