> All the world's smartest minds are racing towards replacing themselves

Isnt every little script, every little automation us programmers do in the same spirit? "I dont like doing this, so I'm going to automate it, so that I can focus on other work".

Sure, we're racing towards replacing ourselves, but there would be (and will be) other more interesting work for us to do when we're free to do that. Perhaps, all of us will finally have time to learn surfing, or garden, or something. Some might still write code themselves by hand, just like how some folks like making bread .. but making bread by hand is not how you feed a civilization - even if hundreds of bakers were put out of business.