humm. well, i guess it might be time saving by putting out boiler plate print statements that would take me a few hours to type out by hand.
but, when i was in the computer science program at UC (ug and grad) we had two grades for programs: A for it works perfectly and basically F for anything else. admittedly that was back in the 70’s. different time, perhaps different standards. so for me, if i have to fix someone’s or something’s program for them, it’s always an F. ergo my statement, ‘AI can’t code.’
And, when I was writing code for the Space Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) and NORAD we were similarly picky. But, when storing business data that can be re-created ... not so much.
The code to control AZ/EL for SETI telescopes was also a bit critical. Folks got unreasonably upset when they had to replace gear boxes due to excessive acceleration and jerk.
Go figure.
I was first exposed in the early 70s like you, but still write code today.
It’s a different world now, to say the least.