Read my comment again. And the one I replied to. He claimed that his ability to code through LLMs has decreased as his coding ability atrophied. That is what im questioning. Im not questioning coding for the love of the game.
No, I didn't. I claimed that if my coding ability atrophies, I expect that my ability to code through LLMs will decrease. And this is an outcome I want to avoid for the stated reasons and others.
That said, I get your point: maybe "the thing writing the code" will be as abstract as "the thing moving the electricity through transistors" at some point. And maybe I will be wrong about coding skill translating to good agent-herding skill. But I don't think I'm wrong now.