> It's also worth nothing that the "our" in that sentence is just SWEs

It isn't, it just a matter of seeing ahead of the curve. Delegating stuff to AI and agents by necessity leads to atrophy of skills that are being delegated. Using AI to write code leads to reduced capability to write code (among people). Using AI for decision-making reduces capability for making decisions. Using AI for math reduces capability for doing math. Using AI to formulate opinions reduces capability to formulate opinions. Using AI to write summaries reduces capability to summarize. And so on. And, by nature, less capability means less agency.

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them

Not to mention utilizing AI for control, spying, invigilation and coercion. Do I need to explain how control is opposed to agency?