The automated elevator is just a tool, but it "wiped out" the elevator operator. Which is really to say not that the elevator operator was wiped out, but that e

The automated elevator is just a tool, but it "wiped out" the elevator operator. Which is really to say not that the elevator operator was wiped out, but that everyone became the elevator operator. Thus, by the transitive properties of supply and demand, the value of operating an elevator declined to nothing. Said hysteria was built on the same idea. After all, LLMs themselves are just compilers for a programming language that is incredibly similar to spoken language. But as the programming language is incredibly similar to the spoken language that nearly everyone already knows, the idea was that everyone would become the metaphorical elevator operator, "wiping out" programming as a job just as elevator operators were "wiped out" of a job when operating an elevator became accessible to all. The key difference, and where the hysteria is likely to fall flat, is that when riding in an elevator there isn't much else to do but be the elevator operator. You may as well do it. Your situation would not be meaningfully improved if another person was there to press the button for you. When it comes to programming, though, there is more effort involved. Even when a new programming language makes programming accessible, there remains a significant time commitment to carry out the work. The business people are still best to leave that work to the peons so they can continue to focus on the important things.