Engineers should be concerned about "AI", but not for the reason most think.

Machine learning and LLMs got to the point where they can either accurately describe a well-known concept, or make up complete, utter nonsense on topics that are not as widely covered on the Internet.

As the result, AI assistants act as a productivity boost for knowledgeable enough engineers who are already beyond the Danning-Kruger barrier and just need faster access to certain technical details.

But at the same time, they may completely derail and confuse novice engineers who cannot yet spot cases where LLMs hallucinate.

Consequently, LLMs provoke gap increase between top talent and novice engineers. Use it with caution.