If you ask Claude to “Build me a CRM application.” and then walk away for 9 hours, then you should say Claude built this. That’s giving the technology and the time we live in the credit it deserves. A lot people made that possible.
If you work with Claude to create something during your days, nights, and weekends, then you created it. No one has the right to tell you how to use the tools at your disposal. Just like an artist shouldn’t be told they didn’t create something by using Photoshop vs. using a piece of charcoal sourced from a fireplace on a piece of parchment.
If you have a shower thought for a particularly novel concept that no one has thought of and then use Claude to bring that concept to reality, then you absolutely get credit for the creation. Who gives a shit how it was coded. The only ones that will care how it was coded will be the jealous ones that didn’t think of the concept themselves.
Blaming AI is also nuanced as well. Just like blaming a company for layoffs vs. not blaming the CEO by name. Just like if AI deletes everything vs. why the hell did you run AI on production systems. If you’re well liked, then AI takes the blame, if not, then you’re getting shitcanned for being boneheaded enough to use AI anywhere near important data.