Yup. Upper management is already botching this. They're firing too many people, thinking AI is going to be their panacea. In reality, AI will save them 20% on production costs over the next few decades, as you say. It's massive, yes, but it won't offset the damage they're doing by laying off entire segments of their workforce.

In the short-term, they're going to be surprised by the way they can no longer deliver products on time after leaning too heavily into AI and offshoring.

In the meantime, developers like me will refuse to come back to work for dollars. If they aren't paying in Bitcoin, I will refuse them.