It's pretty unbeatable to use LLMs for fast prototyping and query generation, but "vibe coding" is not something just anybody can (or should) do.

It seems to me that the world of LLMs gives back at the quality you put in. If you ask it about eating rocks and putting glue on pizza then yes it's a giant waste of money. If you can form a coherent question that you have a feeling for what the answer is like (especially related to programming) it's easily worth the hype. Now if you are using it blindly to build or audit your code base that falls into the first category of "you should not be using this tool".

Unfortunately, my view before and after the emergence of LLMs is that most people are just not that bright. Unique and valuable, sure, but when it comes to expertise it just isnt as common as the council of armchairs might lead you to believe.