Comment by da_chicken

It's not the dream of replacing developers.

It's the dream of replacing labor.

They've already convinced their customers what the value of the product is! Cutting labor costs is profit! Never mind the cost to society! Socialize those costs and privatize those profits!

Then they keep the money for themselves, because capitalism lets a few people own the means of production.

So everything that looks cheaper than paying someone educated and skilled to do a thing is extremely attractive. All labor-saving devices ultimate do that.