> The only reason it works for many common programming workflows is because they are common. The minute you try to do new things, you need to be as verbose as the underlying language.

You can stop here. This is enough to change the game. SO MUCH time and money is spent on mostly-boilerplate line of business apps. If you don't understand this, you are in a bubble of some kind. The corporate world's IT departments and consulting agencies are filled with developers who write nothing but what boil down to custom-tailored CRUD apps. AI is absolutely KILLER for this kind of work.

If you're doing novel research, perhaps not. But that describes a relatively small portion of the worldwide developer community.