if it's pointless then there is no issue with defunding it, but that is the question being asked.
if a similar investment on humans would have similar or superior results then human maths is not pointless and directing the investment to AI instead is arguably a loss.
the same question can be made for other areas AI is advancing. My AI budget is over 3 times my salary. If instead of providing AI tooling the company were to raise everyone's salary by 3x, what type of results would it get? Surely it would not get 10x the amount of PRs and LoC but maybe it would get superior value in other ways.
if a similar investment on humans would have similar or superior results then human maths is not pointless and directing the investment to AI instead is arguably a loss.
the same question can be made for other areas AI is advancing. My AI budget is over 3 times my salary. If instead of providing AI tooling the company were to raise everyone's salary by 3x, what type of results would it get? Surely it would not get 10x the amount of PRs and LoC but maybe it would get superior value in other ways.