This actually makes sense, no /s. After all, the core reason for a business to hire is to access talent to fulfill various business requirements. And the better

This actually makes sense, no /s. After all, the core reason for a business to hire is to access talent to fulfill various business requirements. And the better a given employee does, particularly one doing software development things, the less they should be needed over time. So with AI being increasingly available in limited forms, and at costs more business-friendly than hiring humans, it only makes sense that human talent is gradually deprecated. And this is why I'd like to get to the point where I'm running my own business eventually, because one will always be "expendable" as an employee/contractor. I actually look forward to a day when there's 100% automation of all value-giving labour. Raises some interesting questions about what society and economy will become, but that's another topic...