I'm no fan of "AI" but I think it could be argued that if we're sticking to the metaphor, the carpenter can pick up the phone and subcontract out work to the lowest bidder, but perhaps that "work" doesn't actually require high craftsmanship. Or we could make the comparison that developers building systems of parts need to know how they all fit together, not that they built each part themselves, i.e., the carpenter can buy precut lumber rather than having to cut it all out of a huge trunk themselves.