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Refreeze5224 ◴[] No.45059484[source]
Of course it has. That's the entire point of AI.

Ostensibly it's to help programmers, or writers, or lawyers, or whomever. But those are just the users of AI.

The owners and buyers of AI at a company level are developing and using it to push down payroll expenses. That's it. It's to avoid paying people, and providing them benefits. Even if you fire 50% of your employees, realize it was a terrible mistake, and hire most of them back, it's a net reduction in payroll costs.

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1. rapind ◴[] No.45059551[source]
I will say though as someone who solo runs their own product business, right now feels like a great time to be building your own thing.

No idea if this will last long though.

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2. ulfw ◴[] No.45059778[source]
Fewer and fewer people to buy said thing when layoffs and no-hiring continues
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3. stock_toaster ◴[] No.45059822[source]
Once stagflation really starts to set in, things will get rough.
4. jandy ◴[] No.45060137[source]
Yeah, who’s going to pay for your single person AI-powered vibe coded calendar organiser product when nobody has a job?
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6. dalyons ◴[] No.45060215[source]
I do wonder, will this drive the value of software “things” way down? Once everyone starts solo building their own things…