[matthewfelgate]

But is a programmer who uses AI to program the same as

  a Typescript programmer who doesn't understand JavaScript well? 
  Or a Python programmer who doesn't know C?
  Or a C programmer who doesn't know assembly code?
  Or an assembly coder who doesn't make his own PCBs?

Is AI orchestration just adding another layer of abstraction to the top of the programming stack?

[weikju]

Not until their outputs become predictable and reproducible. Then a form of English or whatever other language becomes your programming language with its quirks and special syntax to get the right result.