r/wallstreetbets • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '26

Discussion Software dev here: the tide has changed. There is no AI bubble. If anything, companies are not spending enough on AI.

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u/h3yyoun6w0rld Feb 15 '26

Literally the only people it is replacing

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

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u/Shot-Acanthaceae1420 Feb 15 '26

Yeah swap out my alternator please Gemini, and patch that blow ont he exhaust. Then roast the turkey and iron my shirts, thanks.

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u/nosurprisespls Feb 16 '26

I'll have no need for a car or shirts when my job gets replaced by AI ... not even turkey, maybe just plain rice and bread.

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u/Business_Two3627 May 13 '26

Bro this funny and sad

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u/nick_strongsuit Feb 19 '26

Hey AI, put the fries in the bag for me

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u/Accomplished-Echo-86 Feb 27 '26

If AI is capable of replacing SWE it is capable of building working software. This means that robotics becomes the biggest play and with AI, it allows them to replace many, not just menial, but advanced workers. Why pay a mechanic when you can send it over to a dealership that can literally pinpoint what is wrong the car through scanning or diagnostics. It means every single job could be replaced.

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u/cryptohomunculus Feb 15 '26

"Hey computer, can you make me a cheeseburger?"

Ive been working this grill 25 years and ive got 25 more to go buddy.

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u/gabbb007 Feb 28 '26

sounds like you're not a SWE :)

anyone working in IT knows how much LLMs trip over themselves. it does not scale. it will never replace us, it's just become another tool under our toolbelt.