Al is killing programming and the Python community

Well, yeah, stop blaming the knives. Blame the cooks ("vibecoders") who think they can manage a kitchen because the knife cuts everything in half automatically. But also don't forget to blame the knife manufacturer ("AI" companies) who markets automated knives to people who don't know you shouldn't cut toward yourself.

I kind of agree. Some people don't understand how to code because they're lazy or have other issues, while others are trying to make a profit from it. I suppose you can tell who's who. But AI is directed by humans anyway. Instead of copy-pasting, a human could choose to try and write the code themselves, and then ask AI to review it and highlight areas for improvement. A human could choose to ask AI how to do things and then try to do it themselves. But if a human chooses to do things the other way, that's their choice. AI is not to blame here. It's still a human choice, and the person making it is the one who is actually responsible.

Some people smoke. Smoking kills, and not only can smokers die from it, but other people can be harmed by passive smoking as well. It's very easy to start smoking. But blaming cigarettes themselves, as objects/entities/etc. isn't the answer, I guess. It was a certain person's choice to try smoking. It was also the choice of another person to advertise smoking in one way or another, however...

Well, if you put it this way... even the best programmer in the world, who doesn't use AI at all, can also make a mistake. Of course, their mistakes would probably be less frequent, but I guess they wouldn't blame IDE for poor syntax highlighting (if it's good enough, of course) or the compiler or interpreter for failing to spot the logical error unrelated to syntax rules. They would say "it was my mistake". The problem with AI-generated code, though, is that those who generate it almost never take responsibility for it. They'll say something like, "AI made a mistake here and there." I have never seen someone who has generated flawed code using AI to take responsibility for it. And that's the main problem.

It doesn't matter whether you're a bad driver or the best driver. If you cause an accident, you must be held responsible. As simple as that.

> Like cars, it's an inherently flawed piece of technology

Sorry, but what exactly do you mean? I'm just curious to know what you mean when you say that cars are "an inherently flawed piece of technology".