> new programmers who did not do assembly will never be able to code etc

I see the results from programmers who never learned assembly.

Just like repairing and building cars from the ground up makes me a better driver. For example, the clutch in my car lasts a lot longer than it does for other drivers.

1) false equivalence.

2) I am an old fart and had never said anything even remotely approaching "who did not do assembly will never be able to code". One can learn programming using any language. However some experience with the languages of multiple level definitely does not hurt.

In order to evaluate generated code you have to know how to program.

If you look at the mountains of crap that have been written in JS, for instance, those old programmers have been proven right.

That’s not really a fair comparison here — A more fitting metaphor would be whether or not you could intervene on assembly code not knowing assembly.

Who said you need to know assembly.

>"Intervening can be done via LLM in some way I reckon"

This inspires much confidence