The variable naming problem never went away. We just moved it from "temp2" to "make this better."

Same skillset. Different enforcement. Compiler used to force clarity through syntax errors. AI forces it through three debugging cycles when you realize the output doesn't match what you thought you said.

Natural language was never designed for precision. We spent decades building tools that forced precision. Now we're back to ambiguity at scale, and the engineers who couldn't name variables are writing paragraph-long specifications.

Logic is abundant. Clarity is the new bottleneck.