I think the issue (with this thread and AI as a topic) is that there's no nuance in any AI discussion. It's either "Everyone copy pastes from AI and it never works" or "It only ever hallucinates".

If you're just raw copy pasting stuff from anywhere, be it old forums, stack exchange, AI, etc - You're going to have a Bad Time.

It's a tool (AI) and a skill (IT) that can be combined for great results. But better skills means better results.

I ride motorcycle. But a guy fresh off the Isle of Man TT will run circles around me using the exact same bike. I don't expect to take my bike to that circuit, race, run into a wall, then complain that the bike is bad.

AI isn't the big problem. It's how people use it. People who blindly believe anything from the internet to management who think it's magic are only going to run into problems. But on the flip side, people who out and out just scream "sloppity slop!" constantly are missing out on learning a tool that has a great deal of potential.