> The companies are saying these tools will assist professionals, but in reality they are aiming to replace them.

If anyone doubts this, consider that Anthropic considers its TAM to exceed $30 trillion which is nearly the entire GDP of the US and 25% of the world GDP.

Only makes sense if they believe they will massively replace labor. Which, to their credit, they used to admit openly and publicly and only stopped because some crisis PR people told them "hey maybe you shouldn't say the quiet part out loud while the hoi polloi still have the power to stop this from happening".