Skill loss is real. BUT, I have been complaining about skill loss to my bosses for literally a decade. So AI is just one problem for me. I was coding less and less every year for some reason.

I'm not sure skill loss is such a huge issue, in other words. It might just be a sign that the nature of our work if shifting. Being able to recite the C++ standard and using all the 100s of features correctly will just not be as highly regarded as knowing good architecture instead?