Daring Fireball: 'Grief and the AI Split':
Orchard’s fine essay examines a philosophical divide within the ranks of talented, considerate craftsperson developers. The divide that I’m talking about has been present ever since the demand for programmers exploded, but AI code generation tooling is turning it into an expansive gulf. The best programmers are more clearly the best than ever before. The worst programmers have gone from laying a few turds a day to spewing veritable mountains of hot steaming stinky shit, while beaming with pride at their increased productivity.
Productivity and craftsmanship aside, there are still lots, and lots of ethical, moral, and environmental issues with our current iteration of AI. The companies shoving down our throats providing AI aren't making money, and there's research ongoing showing that skills atrophy when using AI. I can see the argument that it depends on how you use it, but even in my own limited use when considering a problem I can feel the pull to go to AI first instead of digging in myself. That's not a pull I want to feel.