As long as this is true, ChatGPT is going to be a programmer's tool, not a programmer's replacement. I know that my job as I know it will vanish before I enter retirement age, but I don't worry it will happen in the next few years because of this.

I’ve given it so many hints. So many nudges. If it was an interview I would have bounced it.

> sometimes you have to tailor your question to ChatGPT, for it to succeed

Right, which means its a force multiplier for specialists, rather than something that makes generalists suddenly specialists.