> Does that make them less productive? I could use AI to churn out hundreds of thousands of lines of code that doesn't compile. Or doesn't do anything useful,

> Does that make them less productive? I could use AI to churn out hundreds of thousands of lines of code that doesn't compile. Or doesn't do anything useful, or is slower than what already exists. Does that mean I'm less productive? Yes, obviously. If I'd written it by hand, it would work ( probably :D ). I'm good with the machine milled lumber for the framing in my walls, and the IKEA side chair in my office. But I want a carpenter or woodworker to make my desk because I want to enjoy the things I interact with the most. And don't want to have to wonder if the particle board desk will break under the weight of my frankly obscene number of monitors while I'm out of the house. I'm hopeful that it won't take my industry too long to become inoculated to the FUD you're spreading about how soon all engineers will lose their job to vibe coders. But perhaps I'm wrong, and everyone will choose the LACK over the table that last more than most of the year. I haven't seen AI do anything impressive yet, but surely it's just another 6mo and 2B in capex+training right?