# How will the decline in need for technical skills will affect internet cultures? > Source: > Published: 2026-07-25 17:08:07+00:00 I feel like in the past, software jobs like programming, IT and academic fields like computer science, created some identity -- these fields required deep understanding of technical details, which attracted a specific type of people, and thus allowed a certain type of culture to be created, what's called the hacker/nerd/geek culture -- and now in the age of ai, this technical knowledge is much less relevant. What will happen to this culture? Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49049379](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49049379) Points: 1 # Comments: 0