This is like saying the automatic transmission means you don’t need to know how to drive.

Yes, the machine does some of the work for you. No, you don’t have to understand planetary gear sets to use it. But it’s helpful to understand its limitations — like you can’t push-start it the way you could a manual car.

But you still need to know how to drive.

Real world example: the QA team has gotten their hands on AI and are now generating test procedures from issue descriptions. The test procedures make no sense. None. But they dump this workslop on me and if I say it’s wrong they demand to know how. So I have to write their test procedures now if I want anything to get done.

AI isn’t magic. It just generates stuff. Maybe good, maybe completely wrong stuff. There’s a reason why engineers mock KLOC as a measure of productivity. A lesson middle and upper managers are determined to learn the hard way yet again.

… if using AI