The latest Stack Overflow Developer Survey -- hey, Dev.to, let's do some more surveys, too! -- shows developers welcome AI as an aid to coding and do not feel threatened by it at all. Survey.
I would agree that "AI is largely non-threatening because it has not replaced the human in the loop." AI can be a complement and is nowhere near being a replacement to human coding.
AI extensions to commonly used development platforms like Visual Code or Visual Studio code can be useful, as borne out by the survey. It's worth seeing how much and how far the standalone AI coding aids progress for software development.
Perhaps unsurprising is that developers believe AI is not yet quite ready for or good at solving complex tasks. As the AI models and their backends become more sophisticated, however, and with even more computing resources dedicated to them, that situation should improve. It's most likely just a matter of time.
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Yes or no; I don't know; more BETTER AI please! Not more of the same crap that we have now.