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bluesnowmonkeyyesterday at 7:39 PM4 repliesview on HN

With farming, you couldn't just start your own farm, because it requires farmland, and there's only so much of that. But those 6 software engineers can start their own companies, fire up their own team of agents. There's no limit to how many companies can exist in the world.


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pjmlptoday at 1:38 PM

Pity that as everyone is unemployeed, those companies don't have anyone to sell to.

forlorn_mammothyesterday at 7:50 PM

and buy their own health insurance, and find their own customers, ...

ryandrakeyesterday at 7:54 PM

"Just start your own company!" - Hacker News

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insane_dreamertoday at 1:52 AM

> There's no limit to how many companies can exist in the world.

1) demand for software is not, and was never infinite

2) the AI that put the 6 SWEs out of a job is the same AI that is supplying the demand; meaning there is no demand for 6 new software companies