Let's say you have an idea for a mobile app, but you have never coded anything and you don't want to learn Android/iOS programming to make this app. You want to convert your idea into an actual app that is deployed on the app store where people can download it on their phone. What would you do? Normally you'd hire a programmer and get them to build, test and deploy this app. Now you have ChatGPT, are you going to use it to build and deploy this app? No. You will still hire a programmer who will probably use ChatGPT to write some or most of the code as opposed to writing all the code manually. This will save them a lot of time and since they can complete the project faster, they will charge a lesser amount to you, it may still be higher on a per hour basis but it's a win-win for both you and the programmer.

AI assisted coding or anything else will not replace the professionals who had been doing it manually so far. It will only make them more productive. They can do more work in less time and charge more for the enhanced productivity.