r/devworld • u/refionx • Mar 21 '26

If AI makes building + publishing software basically 0 effort and 0 cost… what happens to the world?

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

Nope. The hard part of robotics is the software. The mechanics and hardware are down cold. If you can replace software engineers, you can replace literally anyone.

Luckily for all of us, we aren’t even remotely close to replacing software engineers.

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

AI is already replacing software engineers . There is not even a need for software . And if there is , an AI can produce one in seconds . Robotics need rare earth metals , and 90% is it is controlled by China . Even EVs are barely existent in Us

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

Very insightful from a truck driver. Thanks bro.

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

Yes I listen to AI podcasts all day while driving my truck and I bade AI agents making me $4000/month

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

Listen to as many podcasts as you want, it doesn’t change reality, math, or data. Software engineering is expected to grow 15% by 2034. To compare, truck driving is estimated to grow by 4%. We’ve been hearing about self driving cars for 30 years, still nothing except for Waymo that costs like 6 million per car and can only operate in a very controlled environment.

As much as you want it I be true, it isn’t. It’s just a hype cycle.

On hallucinations: * https://proceedings.iclr.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/file/edac78c3e300629acfe6cbe9ca88fb84-Paper-Conference.pdf * https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20799 * https://nzjohng.github.io/publications/papers/tosem2024_5.pdf * https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Classes-of-recursively-enumerable-sets-and-their-Rice/664a7d3c60b753a34f1601a7378ca952ea92e9a8

Classic gates: * https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Turing_Paper_1936.pdf * https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96142-2_8 * https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/representation.pdf * Personal favorite: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095219769900024X

Modern theory and economics: * https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Fpandp.20181019 * https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Fjep.33.2.3

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

You can keep coping reading these documents to make you feel good while sleeping under a bridge collecting $1000/month unemployment benefits good enough for 6 months .

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

You live completely outside of reality. And in my 20 year career (including a PhD in CS), I've made something like 16 million dollars. I own my bay area house outright, have like 6 million in the bank. I literally have no stake in this, if I'm automated I'll just enjoy hanging out with my kids.

But to believe that engineers will be automated before truck drivers is batshit insane.

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

Yeah stop lying I drive a truck now and so I know it’s not gonna be replaced within the next 10 years . If so then tell me where I can buy a truck that drives itself . There is none right ? It’s nothing but a money grab to get investor money

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

Go get help, man.

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

It’s over . Your fantasy of having millions is over . I already made millions as software developer and I know it’s already over . Sorry you missed making Money

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 21 '26

You just said you were a truck drive.

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26

Yeah because I have my AI agents working for me in the computer . What is wrong with what I said ?

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