This isn't a motivation problem, and it isn't a talent problem. The traditional path from idea to software was never designed for the speed, flexibility or AI-native thinking modern building requires.
The real value of AI in development isn't that it writes code for you. It's that it collapses the distance between intention and execution. When you use it well, the lag between "I want to build X" and "X exists and works" shrinks dramatically.
Knowledge on its own doesn't produce output — it produces more drafts. What separates people who ship is speed of iteration, quality of environment and the right feedback loop at the right moment. Intelligility is built around all three.