I'm a Full Stack dev. At my current job, until recently, I've being stuck doing only front end work. This is due to coworkers (referred to as C:A & C:B) hording all the back end work. They have stated that they don't know the front end. Yet they use A.I. to generate front end code they don't understand. Tech Lead doesn't care as long as it works.

To be clear, this is not an anti-A.I. post. I see it as a tool and use it myself. Whatever it generates, I go through and understand how it works and if it is the best way to do it.

When I say "Done Dirty", I mean A.I. is being used by people to do front end work that they wouldn't be capable of otherwise. Examples of what I have experienced.

I was working on an assignment with Coworker C:A. I was on the front end work and they on the back. C:A branched off my Git branch, used A.I. to finish my part and theirs. They presented it to the boss (a non-technical director) as their work alone.

I was working on an assignment with both C:A and C:B and we got down the wire on it. It was the day before delivery and I was trying to wire up the U.I. for both their back ends. I was running behind. C:B decided to use A.I. to wire theirs up and told everyone they got it done. The next day I was looking over everything and realized it wasn't wired up. It was displaying the embedded data I put in for testing. I had to inform the Tech Lead and it did not go well for C:B.

My question is are front end devs getting the "short end of the stick" because A.I. can generate U.I. elements and do interface work for people who don't understand anything about it. Is anyone else experiencing something similar? Not looking for anti-A.I talk. I really want to know if people who specialize in this work are being directly undercut by A.I. usage.

TLDR: Are devs using A.I. to generate front end code they don't understand undercutting those that specialize in it?