Using AI to produce software faster only helps capitalists companies extract more value out of their workers in a shorter time. This actually reduces worker worth, as their salary isn’t increased to match their increased output, the company takes more from them.
Outside of a work context there is zero incentive to use AI, as you can take all the time to learn and craft quality code.
If you use LLMs like they should be, i.e. as autocomplete, they're helpful. Classic autocomplete can't see me type "import" and correctly guess that I want to import a file that I just created, but Copilot can. You shouldn't expect it to understand code, but it can type more quickly than you and plug the right things in more often than not.
To me it's funny that a case even needs to be made. I've reviewd enough output of AI agents to confidently dismiss it as largely trash. Given enough time, this hype will blow over and LLMs will be another useful but not revolutionary tool for programmers. It won't even come close to replacing humans and it will require skilled developers to be used efficiently. Software craftsmanship is as valuable as it's ever been.
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