Try to go back before our era though. In the early age of computers, computers were basically really big one-way calculators that could execute an algorithm and output a result. In this context a kid creating a program to output the fibonacci sequence would have been quite impressive. But by our era, we needed to be able to produce basic text games to impress. Did we really lose anything in the process? I don't think so.

And now too the impressive demo isn't going to be just making an interactive or multiplayer game which anybody can do with a single prompt, but creating something that's actually interesting/fun. Interestingly enough this now overlaps quite well with the sort of stuff that could be monetized today. That's why I think LLMs are going to throw a curveball in the economy in ways many aren't yet appreciating.