Basic CRUD apps? Sure, why not.

Anything substantially new will still require an engineer in the loop. Specifically, if a new design pattern, archtecture, etc is required. AI can only build on its training material - it can't yet have original thoughts.

Software consulting has been around for a very long time. Decades.

It has always been overpriced and had huge margins.

I think what management consultants are really afraid of is being replaced. By AI.

The future of software is the past of software is the future of software - ping pong between in-housed money furnaces and out-sourced predators.

A quick addendum: The in-housed money furnace can produce material to reinforce and extend the foundations of information technology

it's not, no, but some groups will try. Paying for corporate software is mostly about delegating responsibility

"Make my web app secure."