"AI always needs supervision": X users clash over whether coding agents outclass engineers
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-17
zackoverflow argued that coding-agent skeptics are getting "Dunning-Kruger'd," claiming frontier models now outperform individual engineers across every branch of software. gerardsans pushed back: AI will always require supervision, and that needs at least one engineer — if only to fix the mess created by AI. A compact snapshot of the ongoing will-AI-replace-engineers debate.
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