What will actually happen is that the vast majority of coders will become completely dependent on AI. Anything the LLM can't do, they won't be able to do. The

What will actually happen is that the vast majority of coders will become completely dependent on AI. Anything the LLM can't do, they won't be able to do. Their output quality will be no better than the output quality of the LLM. If the AI is offline or their token budget runs out, their productivity drops to near zero. They will not be software engineers, merely dime-a-dozen LLM operators. And the AI advocates might talk big about elevation and becoming architects but don't kid yourself: even for the fraction of coders capable of becoming architects, there isn't enough architectural work to be done for all of them to remain employed. Sure, by all means, use AI. It is useful and quite powerful when properly wielded. But take care as well because it is shaping you as you use it and you might not like what you end up becoming.