I actually had to think really, really hard to keep up with the idiot savant as it cranked out code.
Correctness was extremely important for this feature. Claude would consistently make subtle mistakes, and I needed to catch them to keep things from going off the rails. I could have done it myself, but it would have taken MUCH longer.
I essentially compressed a week’s worth of work into a few hours, and my brain paid the price.
So yeah. You can use AI to replace your thinking, or you can use it to push yourself to your max potential.