“There are a 16,000 new lives being born every hour. They're all starting with a fairly blank slate. Are you genuinely saying that they'll all be left behind because they didn't learn your technology in utero?”
This is a great framing.
Isn't that what is implied by the toughest job market yet for junior level candidates? Author is very confident that the answer to his question is "no".
I'm less convinced.
To keep and/or increase my current compensation, I have to be competitive in the software development market.
(Whether I need AI to remain competitive is another matter.)
The 16,000 new babies will be competing in different markets.
Oh, and of those 16,000 babies, many are born in far less fortunate circumstances, they're already far behind their cohort. :/