Your version of the last point is a bit softer I think — parent was putting it down to “loss of talent” but yours captures the gaps vs natural human interaction patterns which seems more likely, especially on such short timescales.

I confusingly say both. First I say that the ratio of work coming from the model is increasing, and when I am clarifying I say “your talent keeps deteriorating”. You correctly point out these are distinct, and maybe this distinction is important, although I personally don‘t think so. The resulting code would be the same either way.

Personally I can see the case for both interpretation to be true at the same time, and maybe that is precisely why I confused them so eagerly in my initial post.