Aye, there's some trend here, indeed. Pro photographers were the only ones capable of providing images once. Now it's like typing or writing. There are still pro writers who know how to say stuff more convincingly, in a more interesting way, etc. But being a photographer has become as difficult as being a writer. We're in Strugglingland now ;)
Unlike our grandfather photographers? I don't think so. Everything done well was always difficult, I believe. And that's the fun part.
I believe that it is indicative of where AI and automation is taking us - into the land of irrelevant.
Pretty much in the past, even the most basic of shots required knowledge and some level of skill.