The AI version of that Kent Beck mantra is probably "Make the change tedious but trivial (warning: this may be hard). Then make the AI do the tedious and trivia

The AI version of that Kent Beck mantra is probably "Make the change tedious but trivial (warning: this may be hard). Then make the AI do the tedious and trivial change." AI's advantage is that it has infinite stamina, so if your can make your hard problem a marathon of easy problems it becomes doable.