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There’s an important distinction you’re collapsing:
* Capability replacement (AI can do the task)
* Trust, liability, ownership, and preference

Even if AI can generate software:
* Companies still want someone accountable
* Governments still regulate who is responsible
* Enterprises still value domain-specific judgment
* Humans still prefer human-mediated services in many contexts

This doesn’t save all jobs—but it prevents total instantaneous collapse.

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But historically:
* When production becomes cheap, distribution, integration, trust, and branding become valuable
* Example: electricity, cloud compute, internet access

AI pushes value up the stack:
* From “writing code” → “deciding what should exist”
* From “producing content” → “curating meaning”
* From “execution” → “alignment with human goals”

This doesn’t magically create enough jobs—but it delays and reshapes the collapse trajectory.