I was very skeptical of AI to begin with. Part of me suspected the technology wasn’t as capable as the hype would suggest, while another part was deeply worried that it was far more capable than I wanted to admit. But the closer I got to the technology the more those worries started to fade. The tech is very capable, but when you work with it you start to realise the extent of that capability. Where it’s strong, where it’s weak, and how the engineering role is evolving to fit the spaces between