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Being a meat proxy for AI should be grounds for getting people fired

In modern software development, there are two types of professionals: those who genuinely love building software and those who joined the field for the financial benefits. While both groups can be productive, the latter often fails to perform their duties effectively. With the rise of AI, some individuals have started to exploit this technology to the point where they appear to be highly productive, but in reality, they are merely generating nonsense code with no supervision.

This behavior can lead to the introduction of broken code that negatively impacts the team and the products they work on. Some even go as far as attempting to evade responsibility for their actions by claiming that the AI was solely responsible. In extreme cases, this can result in the complete destruction of master branch code and production systems.

While there has been some discussion about the best way to handle this issue, I believe that the most effective solution is to simply refuse to work with such individuals. If someone is unwilling to put in the necessary effort to create good code, then they should simply resign and find a more suitable line of work.

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