---
title: "AI is a tool, not a human"
description: "You need the same skills to use AI as you do to write code."
date: 2025-04-21
tags: [ai, ai-and-jobs]
url: https://nem035.com/thoughts/ai-is-a-tool-not-a-human
---

Using a stat like `"N% of code is now written by AI"` as an argument for software engineering automation is the same as using the stat `"N% of code is now written by laptops"` - both are done with 100% coder supervision.