Why does Arvind say experienced engineers benefit most from AI coding tools?

Arvind argues that engineers who already code gain the most from AI because, beyond writing code faster, they know how systems are built and can tell good code from bad. He says many companies that gave Cursor to all their junior and senior engineers now face so much generated code that they struggle to decide what to trust and promote to production, and few people can judge that output.

• Gaurav Sen adds that engineers should be able to prove a project does what they claim, through tests and measurement, as a bridge must not fall.

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