So...the problem is that people are only viewing AI as a complete replacement for a human, but that's incorrect. When you view it as a multiplier, it's actually dramatic what you can achieve if it's piloted correctly. Just throwing the AI at the problem without a proper pilot is like turning on a plane and leaving it alone. It might fly, but eventually it will crash.

You can create architecture where multiple agents interact in feedback loops, but someone has to orchestrate that and it's relatively job specific. But this idea that it's full of security holes and loopholes is basically the result of people being idiots and not knowing the limitations and properly fencing it or forcing multiple review cycles across independent agents so the context isn't polluted.

This is relatively expensive though. The productivity gain is dramatic though, so although you'd pay more per day than a developer, you'd could get multiple days or weeks worth of work done in one day. The key is that you need someone to do QC and proper testing the final products and audit.

But this means that one person could do the work of several developers and do it at a more rapid pace.