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I agree that that's a useful distinction to make. Which is why code generated by the model should be marked thus in the repository, for example. Just like someone shouldn't check in assembly code as source code when it's actually a build artifact. So it all depends on the abstraction level one is discussing from, again, just like it is for a compiler. Ultimately, I would say automation is a type of tool. A human OTOH, is not.

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I also think it means you have to operate very differently around it, it's about guardrails, quality assurance, funneling context, keeping output in check, emphasizing what matters and doesn't, etc.

It's less about code structure, maintainability, readability, algos, class/function abstractions, etc.

And to Rich's point, you're not getting to experience the process of coding anymore, what you'd have learned by doing it, about the domain, about logic, about structure, you're missing on that. You're likely learning something else though, at a higher plane, and maybe about managing autonomous agents, and so on.

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