I do, with different tools and most of the time at a higher level of abstraction. The same way we understood the machine code 2 years ago, even though we didn't write it directly. Just another layer, nothing more.
I don't think you can really understand assembler without writing it and since compilers are fairly deterministic and get constant attention most of us using them haven't truly had to fight with what turned out to be a compiler bug.
Whereas LLMS regularly produce shit. One can excuse them for not understanding one's turn of phrase or whatever but it amounts to the same problem in the end - you have to understand the output language a lot better than most people ever had to understand assembler.
