Two experienced Go programmers discuss the impact of AI-generated code on their language and the software development industry. While Go's popularity is rising partly due to AI compatibility, they express concerns about the quality of AI-generated code and its maintainability. The conversation explores whether bad AI code is worse than bad human code, the overwhelming volume of AI output, and how this affects junior developer learning. Despite concerns about code quality and the loss of mentoring opportunities, they remain optimistic about programming's future, viewing the current period as transitional.

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