Many Programmers and their managers believe in their hearts that AI has made them more productive than ever. The world is filled with AI goodness and light, and everybody tells you how great things are. The programs are just writing themselves! But in fact, destruction lies just outside the gates, and there’s hidden corruption within.

AI is an amplifier. When you start with good practice, process, and culture, AI amplifies the good. In most companies, however, AI amplifies the bad. This talk looks at the reality of the situation, at what works and what doesn’t, and at how to make AI work for rather than against you.