> It's pretty clear that in this case the use of AI is not a matter of laziness, but rather quality/consistency assurance

But that's not something anybody wants of you in an informal context such as this (HN). It will flatten your voice and make you sound like a drone. We value a human voice.

Code is different. Outside of hobbies, code is not a form of self-expression. There's a reason why following your companies coding styles & practices is valued in software engineering. Companies value coders being interchangeable with each other, they do not want a "unique voice". I think it's completely unrelated to what we're discussing here.

> I don't use AI to edit my comments

What are we even debating, then?