[treeface9000]

I have no shame mentioning my use of AI. It's a tool to get things done. Would you feel the same 10 years ago if you leveraged your IDE's auto-complete, generate getter/setter, create/refactor method, etc. functionality. Probably not. As long as you conceptually understand the domain, architecture and feature set, you're good.

If you are generating a bunch of slop and don't bother to review, guide or understand what's going on... then there might be a problem. But honestly, that's speaking for today. Down the line, who knows?

Software development as a whole might become more of a product role. Can you gather feedback and requirements and put them into clear understandable terms for AI to implement. And even then, that'll be abstracted too. I'm already leveraging AI to propose new features and to document current features.

It's an exciting time. Don't feel bad about leveraging the right tool for the job unless you are misusing it without bothering to gain experience and learn.