I haven't talked about AI at all because I didn't care about it. I like programming and having a tool to "free" me of programming isn't a big selling point. That said, I use twitter a lot(big mistake) and I've seen a lot of posts that say if you don't use AI you're going to get left behind. So I tried it. I tried vibe-coding, spec-driven development, and other things I can't remember.
I didn't enjoy any of them but I can see how they can be useful to someone who only cares about having a program or website. It might not be high-quality, but most software people use these days isn't, so I'm sure people are fine with it.
The place I've found myself using AI more and more is in doing things that feel like chores. These are things I would've previously used something like yasnippet for like adding a new page or something. It's usually something that already exists in the codebase, and I want a copy of it somewhere else or something. Outside of this and using it as a better google, I don't have any other use for it.
I've tried using it for features and I've always felt like tearing my hair out. I know some people will say I need to prompt better or be more detailed. I tried that, but it requires some thinking and I would rather just write the code as I think, than write English and get something that is not quite what I want.
I think LLMs are cool. The business applications with things like RAG and tool use are also really cool. Smaller LLMs that are useful in applications are more interesting to me than the "frontier models".
I also have ethical concerns about how AI is used so I'm waiting for someone to make something decent that uses data obtained in an ethical manner.
If no one makes it, I might have to make it myself ;-).