Definitely. Paper trail is an absolute must. Use machines to count the paper ballots and then if anyone wants to contest the results they can pay for a 3rd party to hand count the paper ballots.
A pedo talking about AI is still a pedo and his opinion should be discounted on the spot. You know, because of him being a pedo. Unless you entertain discussing the opinions held by pedos, in which case I have nothing to add.
He's actually agreeing it reduces the need for engineers to produce the same level of output as now. He's making the argument that companies would then desire more output to capitalize on additional ideas/projects. I could see it going either way, but likely demand will fall.