That wasn't the question being asked. The question being asked was literally "what are this guy's accomplishments," and Kent Beck is a tech industry OG with a laundry list of them.
Of course he can be wrong; he's human. That wasn't my point.
When you're so out of touch as to not know who Kent Beck is, these questions hardly matter.
The thrust of the issue is that: when used suitably, AI tools can increase the rate of learning such that it changes the economics of investments in juniour developers - in a good way, to the contrary of how these tools have been discussed in the mainstream. That is an interesting take, and worthy of discussion.
Your appeal to authority here is out of place here and clearly uninformed, thus the downvotes.
Of course he can be wrong; he's human. That wasn't my point.