No
It has made their output more plausible, which can make it more expensive to deal with
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In the thread “AI makes weak engineers less harmful”
Got in the way: Plausible output hides errors, forcing reviewers to do the work.
… AI hasn't made weak engineers less harmful. It has made their output more plausible, which can make it more expensive to deal with. I now spend a lot of time arguing with "meat proxies": someone submits an MR they don't understand, I find the subtle problems, explain them, and they copy-paste my response into Claude and get the work done. …