How is it (conceptually) different than outsourcing stuff across the globe? You may not believe in it, but it's been happening for many decades. I agree that results are hit and miss, but it's still happening. Autonomous AI coding agents will happen as well. It's on the users how they process the outputs, same as before.
It's different because when you outsource work to a human being, including in another country, that human being can be expected to take responsibility for their work.
If they do bad work their reputation is harmed and they may lose opportunities in the future. They have stakes. They can take responsibility for what they produce.
I believe in AI-assisted development with a skilled human directing the work. That's a huge productivity boost for the humans who learn how to use the tools.
(Twenty years ago people studying computer science in the UK and USA were often told that it was a dead-end career because all of that work was going to be outsourced. That advice aged like stale milk.)
