"Don't worry about maintainability; by the time you get there it will be solved"? That's gambling the future of the company on the rate of improvement of AI. If the company is not in the AI space, that may not be a bet they want to make.
On the other hand I'm 25 years in software development, I know what code AI generates now, I'm pretty sure it's better than I can produce or 99% of humans. Just needs good directions.