[danjl]

Exactly. I didn't start coding until the '80s, but even at that point I was writing a lot of assembly code. I don't do that anymore. Each decade that I've coded I look back and see that I've moved up to higher and higher levels of complexity over the years. I was skeptical of AI coding, and I still am. But I've seen that it is capable of writing single line expressions quite well, and if the function is well scoped enough, it can even write full functions occasionally. My favorite use of AI is as a rubber duck, for me to bounce my ideas off of before I actually write any code. I expect it's capabilities will get better and better over time as everything does. Having The AI code these smaller bits allows me to focus more on gluing the bits together, just like I've done for the last 10 years with all the open source libraries that are available these days. I don't mind that I forgotten how to use the Lisa assembler for my Apple ][. I'm happy to keep forgetting stuff if I keep working on more and more complicated projects.