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I'm against AI when it replaces human art, or substantially degrades quality
I don't see code at art, and AI code sufficiently reviewed by a human isn't bad quality. Saying that as a dev myself
AI code with sufficient review is good enough for Torvalds, good enough for me
That being said, I hate AI websites. They all look so generic. Claude especially really has a style it uses every damn time. Web design is at least partially art, and AI sucks at it
A lot of people see programming as "type the right instructions in order to do a job".
But that's not what "programming" is. It's a process: take an idea, break it down to parts, translate those processes into code, then put it all together in a way that works. You can write countless variations of code that all accomplish they same task,but someone that's good at programming will do it in a way where the parts fit together elegantly and efficiently.
I've looked at beautifully written projects and messes of sloppy illegible code the technically "work". There's a difference: one is the work of artists and the other isn't.
Painters do the same thing when they take an idea and turn it into smears of paint on canvas. The only difference is the medium and tools.