I'm reminded of the viral comic "I'm stupid faster" (2019?) by Shen
https://imgur.com/gallery/i-m-stupid-faster-u8crXcq
(sorry for Imgur link, but Shen's web presence is a mess and it's hard to find a canonical source)
I'm not saying this is completely the case for AI coding agents, whose capabilities and trustworthiness have seen a meteoric rise in the past year.