Computer Factsto answer the question "is the ai better than the junior dev" the fool will ask "how good is the ai's code" and the wise man will ask "how many lakes does the junior dev drink in one day"
Flounder
Flesh & bone by the telephone@computer Junior devs, with time and good examples and mentors, become senior devs.
In that same time, the ai will consume an ever increasing amount of electricity and water, as the quality decreases due to training on ai generated garbage.
People are so easily convinced that ai is just like an inexperienced human, and want to give it a chance to learn. They hear talk about it learning... But it doesn't. It doesn't work that way.
Invest in people instead.
Darwin Woodka
John Maxwell@computer only a quarter lake, but it has to be Mountain Dew.
Frederic Thevenet@computer Nope. The real question is: "in how many years will the ai be a senior dev".
Garrett Latimer@computer Or "how many kilowatt-hours are in a poptart".
Ozzelot 
m_on_stair@computer idk tbh im quite a thirsty boy
Kadin@computer Not a bad response, but maybe not one that the C-suite dwellers give a shit about.
But some of the more thoughtful ones do at least care that a junior dev can become a mid-level or senior dev, and likely for a much lower cost than hiring a mid-level or senior dev from a competitor.
(Until that dev realizes they're being underpaid and the fastest way to a raise is almost always to quit and get hired as a "senior" person somewhere else, where nobody knows how many times you broke the build or crashed production on your way up.)