Third, you need to ‘own the code’ even if the AI produced it. Don’t think that because AI produced the code it’s not yours. The AI tool doesn’t care (or know) about the intention of the code it is producing on your behalf. Even though you didn’t write it, the code is yours in the sense that it is doing (or is trying to do) what you want it to do. As a human it seems intuitive that the AI should understand the code given that it produced it, but it really doesn’t. I found that only by accepting that the code was mine, including any errors in it, could I properly interrogate it to check for errors. But also, if I’m going to use the code for any practical purpose, then it’s my name against the outcomes, so the sooner I take ownership the better.

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