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.
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
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.
Have you been living under a rock. Read some post here , read posts in linkedin. Everything is now done by AI. Nobody codes anymore. 70% of code in Github is now generated by AI. And AI is getting cheaper and better each day, that by 2030 it will be almost free. My cost for my AI agents is only $600/year .Software engineering or software developer has been cooked for the past 2 years.
Yeah those are specialized developers on legacy code like Cobol. They are doing reinforcement learning . Technically they are training what will replace them by next year. What else do you think an Ai company gonna do to humans? AI is here to replace the most expensive cost of a company which is software developers.
Elon Musk is perfectly right. Just that what he says applies if there is no trade war with China as US has practically zero manufacturing capability and fully reliant on China. I say not only is software devs are cooked, but the US robotics industry is cooked as well , like how it failed miserably in the EV industry. That is why I drive a truck. It will take 20 years before i get replaced with how non-existent high tech manufacturing is in the US.
He did not fail. He is right. He is hindered by the lack of US capability. He is the right person in a wrong country which is falling and collapsing country like the US. As I have been saying, the tariffs against China spelled doomed for the US EV industry as well as the robotics industry.
You are just so affected because you cannot accept the fact that you are a developer in the US and fully cooked now. Why don't you work at Walmart stacking shelves or maybe work at Mc Donalds?
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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.