Microsoft is not going to subsidize AI forever, they'll need to make a profit, and last quarter the spent $19B and only earned $2.5B from it. People are cheaper in the long run, probably forever.

it will be people + machine as it always is. For instance, modern robotics hasn't made factories unmanned, instead it's just a small fraction of what was once needed. Same thing is true for mining. Over 90% of the jobs will vanish and they will be different. In the 1800s, the professional photographer replaced the portraiture painter. Different pricing point, different skill, comparable product.

But none of these 100% disappeared. Ai is not a buggy whip to programming. It's more of a camera to painting.