Comment by GMoromisato

The counterfactual does not sound appealing in the least. That's basically, AI tells human coders what to do, tells us to re-do our architecture when they don't like it, and generally removes all control and initiative from us. But we get to write a for-loop by ourselves? That's our victory?

Maybe it's just me, but imagining that counterfactual reinforces that "writing code was never the point." At least, for me, I enjoyed writing code because it allowed me to design the architecture rather than having some architect lead or engineering manager above me decide.