Why Human Intent Matters More as AI Capabilities Grow
Nick Baumann • June 7, 2025
Remember when AI coding meant tab autocomplete? The human did 95% of the work: navigating the codebase, finding the right files, locating the exact spot to edit, beginning to type, and only then could AI offer a helpful suggestion. The human was the driver, AI was barely a passenger.
Today's agentic AI can search codebases, read files, write entire modules, refactor systems, and orchestrate complex changes across multiple files. With tools like Cline, AI has eaten up nearly the entire coding pi