AI Collapses Coding’s IQ Premium

If AI tools raise developer performance by the equivalent of 15+ IQ points and help the least skilled most, the advantage of high‑IQ or elite‑credentialed programmers shrinks. That enlarges the effective supply of 'good enough' coders, depressing wages and prestige and weakening H‑1B quality‑screening arguments. The immigration debate shifts from 'import the best' to 'do we need imports at all if AI levels the floor?' — It reframes tech‑labor and immigration policy by treating AI as a great equalizer that compresses skill returns and alters the cost‑benefit logic of H‑1B quotas.