It's not empowering to hand off the details

Hacker News users debated whether AI coding tools should remain assistants rather than take over decision-making.

The original post said AI is useful for repetitive refactoring and brainstorming, but less helpful when it starts doing the thinking for developers.

Commenters called for tighter prompting, better UX, and clearer boundaries to keep models in an assistant role.

The discussion also raised concerns about autonomy, hallucinations, and whether current incentives are enough to improve reliability.