In 2011, “Software is Eating the world” by Marc Andreesson. Now AI has a huge appetite for software. It’s likely a financial bubble, but AI is gaining momentum in the software world and it’s coming for the regular world. Here’s a quote from a power user:
I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old. This opinion comes not as an endorsement but as personal experience: I voluntarily undertook this project, and I paid out of pocket for both OpenAI and Anthropic’s premium AI plans.
–Benj Edwards, from 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
