[yomkippur]

I wonder if this will happen to frontend and backend developers with the exact same principle: Have the bulk of the lifting done by some stable diffusion for CRUD api/frontend and test/modify edge cases.

I think your last point on salaries: This will increase salaries for those with a lot of experience but you are correct, for vast majority of digital art degrees graduating will suffer from demand plummet.

I really fear for the young Z generation, it appears the bar to entry is increasing as these AI tools automate bulk of their requirement.

It's akin to how github copilot generates a ton of boilerplate work, something that used to be delegated to junior devs.

[dogcomplex]

Yep, it's eating its way upward from junior to intermediate. And even if that doesn't take away the whole Senior role, it can certainly do a good chunk of the day to day work. We haven't even begun to see the market effects of github copilot or stable diffusion yet.