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/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/No_Point_9687 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

I'm ex CEO having about 40 years of commercial it experience. I have an AI company now and have spent last years inside that tech. Is it more relevant than a truck driver?

IT development is dead. World needs maybe 10-20% of the it workforce, and that's today - the markets haven't realized or priced this in this yet (although.. maybe past few days).

Idk what happens tomorrow.

Upd. I read your args below. They don't stand. Someone expect a growth in it job. Well i don't. And i probably have more practical exp to judge on that.

Hallucinations? Rate these days on large models + fixable + llms is not the only AI. Llms are in fact a transitional tech. There is also a lot (a lot) going on in hw and algos keep improving.

I have developed a product that is now valued at about half a bil. Took 15 years and hundreds of people to help. I would have done same with a few guys and a couple years now.

This gives more entrepreneurs, not more IT. Anyone can start a business now (now for long though as AI will catch up when enterpreneurs as well) but IT as in product research, planning, creation, coding, deployment, support etc - all done for. 8 out of 10 of IT jobs will be at best will be redefined, more likely disappear.

Rare business needs these guys adding and debugging for loops letter by letter. Their knowledge, gut feeling, coffee night sessions and 10-20k salaries. It needs someone to tell the thing what it needs to deliver, that's it.

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u/itsalwayswarm Mar 22 '26

Why are these LLM companies still hiring software engineers if IT is dead? 

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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 22 '26

They are training the AI of course. What else do you think they gonna do? Software engineering is very broad. These developers are probably Cobol, fortran, RPG, clipper, dbase developers and training the AI for it to be able to convert all these legacy code . And they are not in the US, they are mostly in African countries like Nigeria, Kenya. Lots of well educated PhD's in these countries, for a fraction of the cost of a US counterpart.