Analogizing AI to power tools is like analogizing building an IKEA bookshelf to outsourcing the job to a TaskRabbit. Power tools automate manual hand movements

Analogizing AI to power tools is like analogizing building an IKEA bookshelf to outsourcing the job to a TaskRabbit. Power tools automate manual hand movements, but you still need to follow the manual and know what fits where. Or you can spend money on a contractor from TaskRabbit to do it for you, perhaps badly. LLMs make it faster to generate code, sure. Automating boilerplate code isn't too unlike using a drill to fit a screw. But witting software writ large still requires thinking, something that the companies providing these services are heavily incentivized to remove.