> This is objectively a good change because it will improve the quality of the code in the long term.

I think humans will be saying this long, long after it's not true anymore. I'm not sure it is right now, for 80+% of developers and projects.

But I love this muddying of the waters. The more uncertainty and misinformation it is, the easier it is for people to make mistakes, and for edges to be had.

It's like poker. Everyone thinks they're a good player. About 5% of players (my estimation) would admit they're not very good. The luck & complexity fools the rest of 'em. They have no idea you can be operating several levels deeper than they are, playing in a dimension they cannot yet see.

Anyway, not a perfect analogy. But I think your idea was true, isn't true now, and I hope people & projects keep banning AI contributions anyway.