The terrifying liminal space between code-writer and bot-prompter

Disclaimer: These are my own thoughts and opinions. They don’t reflect those of my employer. I’m discussing my own personal feelings about AI. I think it’s fair to say everyone is having to grapple with this tech, whether it’s how to use it or how to avoid it. The following represents a snapshot of my grappling, nothing more. LLM coding advancements both impress and terrify me and I don’t know what I think about it or how to cope with it. I feel like I will be able to build things I never have been able to before, but at the same time, I have heightened fears about being replaceable or less valuable in my job. If all I’m doing is prompting an AI bot, why am I being paid so much? When I work with an LLM coding harness[1] it usually makes me feel uneasy. It feels like my name is going to be attached to something I didn’t really do. Sure, I could review the code. But it’s still not my code. Constantly reviewing LLM-generated code is mentally fatiguing and is not enjoyable in the way…