AI CHANGES
What AI Actually Changes
The real impact. Not the hype.
What AI Does Well
Speed
- • Boilerplate generation in seconds
- • Pattern application across files
- • Bulk operations that would take hours
Pattern recognition
- • "Make this look like that"
- • Consistent style across codebase
- • Applying established conventions
Documentation
- • README generation
- • Code comments
- • API documentation
Exploration
- • "How might I approach this?"
- • Rapid prototyping
- • Trying multiple solutions quickly
What AI Doesn't Do
Guarantee correctness
- • AI generates probable code, not proven code
- • "Looks right" isn't "is right"
- • Edge cases are often missed
Understand your business
- • AI doesn't know your domain deeply
- • Business rules need human specification
- • Context matters, and AI has limited context
Replace judgment
- • Architectural decisions need human wisdom
- • Trade-offs require understanding consequences
- • "Should we do this?" is a human question
The Evidence of Limitations
AI is powerful. AI alone isn't enough.
The Combination That Works
AI + Human judgment + Verification
AI
generates fast
Humans
direct and decide
Contracts
verify automatically
Speed x Wisdom x Proof = Shipping with confidence