At the expense of what, though? That's 30 minutes not spent learning about the business, or talking to customers, or to your kids. Or watching the World Cup. Or reading Hacker News.
The extra 30 minutes will be spent chatting with the AI as if it's your best friend.
You may have to spend 4 hours in the future when something stops working and the AI can't fix it
i always hear this argument. and then those that proclaim it get stuck for a sprint trying to fit a square peg in a round hole
and then i get a ticket a month later because the customer reported the feature isn't working. all while they proclaim how much they care about the customer.
i'm not just talking about one person. i feel as if there's an archetype of programmer that thinks like this.