>they're going to hire cheaper, worse SWEs to manipulate AI This is 100% the play. Right now you can hire 5 devs in India to do the job of 1 competent US dev

>they're going to hire cheaper, worse SWEs to manipulate AI This is 100% the play. Right now you can hire 5 devs in India to do the job of 1 competent US dev and save 30-40% on total cost. Add in AI and it will only take 3 devs in India to do the same work, and can now save 50-60% on total cost.