Futurology

You're not wrong that a lot of jobs end up being a lot of "busy work", but at the same time software and Ai don't exactly fill the gap as they stand today.

The issue with hardware is not only the cost to develop, but also it's fragility and inflexibility. Things can change fast in the real world and people are used to fill in the gaps.

While Ai could make software faster, it just isn't really there yet. When using Ai tools I consistently find that I'm consistently needing to lean on my experience on my field to get any significant value out of Ai, and many times it tries to lead me down dead ends.

All of that isn't even touching on the "meatspace" element of many jobs that Ai can not deal with at all.