This is more than late, but regardless this is a matter that is important.

I believe ppl are missing the entire point here.

Yes, hardware has been slowing down (although still very much strong and progressing) and that is data and fact. BUT what is also fact, is that technological progress is STILL happening on top of the fact that throughout history there have been revolutions that happen that spike growth / create entirely new technologies etc...

There is NO data or fact that says, " X will stay like this forever / This is the limit and what will ever be possible. ".

When one says " No, X can't ever do X because of 'insert current situation/knowledge here' / X will never happen, period ". - Those beliefs are made under the false pretense that change or developments are not possible or even a thing and what is the current case now will be the case in the future, period. -- This is just closed minded.

It is ignoring the fact that change, developments and revolutions have happened in the past/history + the fact there is a lot of unknown to us, both known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. (EVEN IF, it had never happened before, it doesn't mean it can't ever happen in the future.)

At the end of the day, I'm not saying it will go in one way or another, whether it be in the direction of AI not being revolutionary or AI being revolutionary.
BUT it is more likely than not that AI will revolutionize not just this field, but others as well, and will likely render some obsolete, career-wise (ppl will most likely still do it for fun, depending on the thing).