[fartfeatures]

Sure and lots of times I can walk places. That doesn't mean bikes, cars, trains and planes aren't incredibly useful. They let me achieve things I can't in other ways for example transporting cargo without a team of people to help me. Just like AI coding.

[trollbridge]

Yet replacing walking with cars is often cited as one of the reasons for many of society's ills.

[jappgar]

Yet no one seriously declares motor vehicles as useless.

[theshrike79]

There is a middle road.

America went full car to a point where just going to the shops from the suburbs is a car drive. Crossing the ROAD needs a car in way too many places.

There are cities where you can find a shop for essentials within walking distance, bigger shops need a short to medium drive, but can be still walked to if you really want to.

[worksonmine]

Would you still use your car if you ended up in the wrong destination half the time?

[XenophileJKO]

Yes, because I can drive to the other end of the state in an afternoon. Then if I get lost, I can just course correct.

[stevenhuang]

Would you use your car if you ended up in the right destination 100% - epsilon of the time? Yes, you would.

Or do you suppose this is the best AI will ever get?

[nielsbot]

Maybe your analogy holds if driving and walking took the same amount of time.

Plus "planning, implementing, validating, and reviewing" would be a bit like walking anyway in your analogy.