90% of code will be AI-generated — so why are developers still paying $20/month for the tools?

There's a post making rounds on De.to right now: 90% of code will be AI-generated. The comments are a mix of existential dread and dark humor. Developers are asking: if AI writes most of our code, what do we actually do? But there's a question nobody's asking out loud: If AI is writing 90% of your code, why are you paying $20/month for the AI tool doing it? The math nobody does Let's say AI writes 90% of your code. That means an AI assistant is doing the majority of your work output.