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I'm sorry you interpreted it that way. I certainly don't think developers are mere implementers, and certainly no one on my team is. I expect a lot of ownership and independent execution from people I work with.

I also don't expect AI to replace software engineers any more than white-collar business people.

But what I'm saying is the work of "mere implementation" is now happening pretty quickly with AI tooling.

Most white-collar work is not "mere implementation" but rather the yak shaving and spec definition that precedes "mere implementation" — and this includes software development. For that reason, it will be harder to fully automate.