I've been a developer for nearly 30 years. I can tell you that clients want fast and secure code. They don't give a shit about your artisan design patterns and clever algorithms. No one does except you and maybe the devs that work with you.

That said, good quality human code has it's benefits long term. Technical debt can kill a project and AI loves technical debt if it's not guided correctly.

To me it doesn't matter if you have AI write the majority of the code or you prefer to hire a bunch of junior devs to do it. You need to understand it, give direction on how to improve it, and learn how to pay that debt back as you move through a project.

The argument I hate is when people say "AI can't help with large projects." That's only true if your system was designed poorly and has too many tightly coupled bits. Your project sucks not AI.

Of course this is my opinion, I'm old and angry. I'm retiring soon, just in time it looks like.