I never said they were AI or that they could replace developers or engineers. You are imagining a bunch of things that I didn't write. I said they were tools, which is what they are, and that they will replace a task, coding. I think you might be confused and think that the primary skill of a developer or an engineer is writing code.

You are also mistaken; these tools are far more advanced than "good auto-complete," and they improve daily. You may not be using the right tools. Don't delude yourself into thinking they won't get to 80% or more accuracy in just a few years.

And why would I "...realize you use AI at work"? I don't know or care who you are or what you do. So, to answer that pointless question, No, I don't.

But on that, I need clarification. Do you use AI, or do you use LLMs, which "...are NOT AI"? That is what you said four sentences earlier, and logically, both statements cannot be true simultaneously. Come on, you're a competent programmer; indeed, you can detect a logic flaw. Right? You surely wouldn't make a simple mistake like that. After all, you are a programmer who is "...intelligent enough to get another job."

It's interesting that now that I've clarified that these are simply tools and that it would be unwise not to utilize them. Now, you also admit to using them. Funny, isn't it?

This brings us back to your initial comment. Are you being hypocritical, or were you just initially being unnecessarily antagonistic for no reason? It is the internet, and people are flippant and rude for no reason, just for the lols and the quick "gotcha" comment. It doesn't add anything to the conversation, but oh, you got me. You're so smart.

But maybe, just maybe, you're right about everything, and you use these tools yourself because, as you said, "...you can't code." After all, your original comment implies that anyone who uses these tools can't code. And then, by your own admission here, you're in that same category.

So retirement may come earlier for you than you think. Congratulations. I, too, will be retired in ten years. But in ten years, I will still be programming, building, and creating because I do it because I love it, not because it's my job or because I get paid for it. And I will be using whatever tools are around at that point to do more and do it more efficiently. And if that means 20, 50, 80, or 99.9999 percent of the code I need can be written by machine. I don't have a problem with that for the same reason I don't have a problem not washing my clothes or my dishes by hand.