Plague of our ages I guess. Ironically AI might even make it worse.
And then we'll wait till the next bubble.
Gains seem to have leveled off tremendously. As far as I can tell folk were saying "Wow, look at this, I can get it to generate code... it does really well at tests, and small well defined tasks"
And a year or a year and a half later we're at like... that + "it's slightly better than it was before!" lol.
So, yea, I dunno, I suspect we'll see a fair amount fall away and some useful things to continue to be used.
Also you seem to forget that irrespective of cash profits in the future, will this investment generate excess returns? Nope. That's what investors care about. Its not even profit actually.
People seem to like the ability to summarize things quickly, and quickly scaffold up presentations, reports, and flows I guess?
Regardless, whatever it is that the masses decide is worth paying enough to keep the business afloat will probably survive.
And the rest will... dissolve.