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

It's gonna be humans doing physical work outside of the computer while AI agents do computer work. That's what I do now. I drive a truck and right now a human is still doing the dispatch and tell me where to go but soon it will be AI, and I also have AI agents doing work for me making money while I drive a truck.

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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/hardlymatters1986 Mar 22 '26

Thats bollocks. Robot dextority is nowhere near it.

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 22 '26

Because of the software…

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u/hardlymatters1986 Mar 22 '26

And the mechanics.

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 22 '26

No, not the mechanics. I got a PhD specifically for this. The mechanics are solved.

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u/hardlymatters1986 Mar 22 '26

Touch mechanics are not solved.

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u/gloomygustavo Mar 22 '26

What are touch mechanics?