Of course, AI models are often wrong. Even if they were right in the sense that they gave you exactly what you asked for, they may still be wrong in the sense t

Of course, AI models are often wrong. Even if they were right in the sense that they gave you exactly what you asked for, they may still be wrong in the sense that their interpretation of your requirements may not be what you intended; they are not great at filling the gaps if there is any context missing. The same amount of time it takes to provide an AI with all the necessary, nuanced context to produce an optimal solution could have been used to actually produce the desired optimal solution yourself. The hard part of software development is not coding, it's the amount of critical thinking and synthesizing required to produce optimal solutions. I'm optimistic about AIs because they may finally prove once and for all that software engineers cannot be commodified as easily and thoroughly as most other white collar roles. It may be easier to commodify executives who make a small number of abstract high level decisions than it is to commodify developers who make many extremely nuanced, detailed decisions every day. For sure, AI will replace certain kinds of developers, but not all kinds, at least not for some time. I think senior developers and architects will be among the last people in the firing line.