Haven’t read the Wired article Robby links to as it’s behind a paywall but the first two lines of the preview were enough to convince me the author seems to be missing the point:
Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
Ruby survives on affection, not utility. Let’s move on.
There are reasons for the affection, and it’s those reasons why it survives, and imo, exactly what will help it (and others like it) continue to survive in an age of AI 
