As someone who did train one of the traditional martial arts for a few years, I appreciate the comparison. I don't know how much weight your "just" is meant to

As someone who did train one of the traditional martial arts for a few years, I appreciate the comparison. I don't know how much weight your "just" is meant to carry, but I remember a culture of cope and excuses about why "my" flavor wasn't the winner of any MMA event. But at least I got some exercise, strength, and flexibility out of it. I think it's an interesting analogy, not to be dismissed so easily. I don't see him saying the point is volume of code. I see AI generating code, and if I question it, it can justify design choices pretty well. I can give it bug symptoms, and it can find and fix the bug. Usually. But yes, the analogy breaks down in the fact that I understand what it's saying and understand when it's wrong, because I learned it in the first place. Or maybe it doesn't break down completely. If an MMA (AI) tells me to move in a way where I know I'll lose my balance, or over extend, I will say no, because of my previously acquired experience.