> I'd rather get really good at leveraging AI now than to bury my head in the sand hoping this will go away.

I don't think those are the only two options, though.

Further, "Getting really good at leveraging AI" is very different to "Getting really good at prompting LLMs".

One is a skill that might not even result in the AI providing any code. The other is a "skill" in much the same way as winning hotdog eating contests is a "skill".

In the latter, even the least-technical user can replace you once they get even halfway decent at min-maxing their agent's input (md files, although I expect we'll switch away from that soon enough to a cohesive and structured UI).

In the former, you had better find some really difficult problems that pay when you solve them.

Either way, I predict a lot of pain and anguish in the near future, for a lot of people. Especially those who expect that prompting skills are an actual "skill".