> Where the danger lies is for junior developers [...] if an AI can do the grunt work they normally get assigned?
Just because "well, maybe true for junior devs!" is a compromise over "AI will make all programmers obsolete!" it doesn't make it reasonable. It's still an extraordinary claim.
It really doesn't help that AI companies are hype machines full of salesmen trying to hype up their product so you buy it. There have been a lot of amazing AI "success stories" that don't hold up under scrutiny.