The models are quite good at this already, so while (of course) they will be getting better, the (much) larger gain in performance will be from users giving up

The models are quite good at this already, so while (of course) they will be getting better, the (much) larger gain in performance will be from users giving up more and more privacy ultimately (or allowing local models more access). Writing better prompts is not as big of a deal people keep making it, and exposes how lazy people really have gotten in light of these new tools. If you ask your friend to make a website and then are mad that they used python on the backend instead of Rust... well - you didn't specify, so it's not really your friends fault. The fact that specifications are needed to fulfill tasks, or that information of what your availability is when you're planning to do something, etc should not be heralded as some sort of amazing "engineering". The term is sickeningly stupid. Having domain knowledge and expertise helps with communication and how to correctly identify good design - there is nothing interesting really going on here.