Comment by davenz

Hey, author here. Fair criticism (and thanks for reading!). What I was reaching for with the "few months" claim wasn't about company-survival, rather individual practice. I didn't make that clear enough (I actually did write this, not "AI-slop it" as some elsewhere have suggested, so maybe I got "human-sloppy" by the end).

You're right that I don't back up the "woah woah woah" bit with any evidence, but I do stand by the sentiment that I think people should use AI; experiment, find the ways it can help you (I've found that there's a huge spectrum even among similar engineers, in terms of how they get value from it). Trying the tools properly costs you almost nothing, and "adopt deliberately, measure with the boring battle-tested stuff" is not the same position as "adopt or die".