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pithecium t1_j6cjni4 wrote

Or it will mean the same number of software developers can write a lot more software.

The demand for food is relatively fixed (inelastic), so more productivity leads for the most part to fewer farmers rather than more food. That hasn't been the case for software with past productivity improvements.

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masterile OP t1_j6ckpyf wrote

I think this is the best argument against my thesis. But It could be the case that increasing software demand will be absorbed by increasing AI capabilities. Until the point AI surpasses all human capabilities needed for software development.

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nembajaz t1_j6cyj5w wrote

We'll always do our favourite toys, I mean, if we're alive.

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