> Come back in a week and update us on how long you've spent debugging all the ways that the code was broken that you didn't notice in those 15 minutes.

I was a non believer for most of 2024.

How could such a thing with no understanding write any code that works.

I've now come to accept that all the understanding it has is what I bring and if I don't pay attention, I will run into things like you just mentioned.

Just about the same if I work with a human being with no strong opinions and a complete lack of taste when it comes to the elegance of a solution.

We often just pass over those people when hiring or promoting, despite their competence.

I was being sold a "self driving car" equivalent where you didn't even need a steering wheel for this thing, but I've slowly learned that I need to treat it like automatic cruise control with a little bit of lane switching.

Need to keep the hands on the wheel and spend your spare attention on the traffic far up ahead, not the phone.

I don't write a lot of code anymore, but my review queue is coming from my own laptop.

> Usually I don't nitpick spelling, but "mimnutes" and "stylisitic" are somewhat ironic here

Those are errors an AI does not make.

I used to be able to tell how conscientious someone was by their writing style, but not anymore.

> I was being sold a "self driving car" equivalent where you didn't even need a steering wheel for this thing, but I've slowly learned that I need to treat it like automatic cruise control with a little bit of lane switching.

> Need to keep the hands on the wheel and spend your spare attention on the traffic far up ahead, not the phone.

Now _this_ is a more-balanced perspective!

(And, to be clear - I use AI in my own workflow as well, extensively. I'm not just an outside naysayer - I know when it works, _and when it doesn't_. Which is why unreasonable claims are irritating)