This is a ridiculous statement. It's possible he isn't an absolutely amazing programmer*, but given he's probably in the top 0.01% in terms of implementing nove

This is a ridiculous statement. It's possible he isn't an absolutely amazing programmer*, but given he's probably in the top 0.01% in terms of implementing novel (and often groundbreaking) ideas via programming and that he finds AI-assisted programming tools useful, it suggests AI-assisted programming is now more than just a CRUD code monkey assister. *(it's also possible he is)