I work as an ML engineer/researcher. When I implement a change in an experiment it usually takes at least an hour to get the results. I can use this time to implement a different experiment. Doesn't matter if I do it by hand or if I let an agent do it for me, I have enough time. Code isn't the bottleneck.
I also heard an opinion that since writing code is cheap, people implement things that have no economic value without really thinking it through.
I also heard an opinion that since writing code is cheap, people implement things that have no economic value without really thinking it through.