I am looking at it from a broad market perspective. Say you produce X, cutting on costs by generating most of it through AI, and your competitor just shipped Y

I am looking at it from a broad market perspective. Say you produce X, cutting on costs by generating most of it through AI, and your competitor just shipped Y that performs significantly faster (because developers are more involved, for example). If consumers show a strong preference for Y then market forces will drive demand up for these devs, and you might want to change product strategy to compete against Y. Of course it remains to be seen what real world effect all of this could have. I'm still bullish on the importance of human-in-the-loop patterns despite future AI progress.