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.
and buy their own health insurance, and find their own customers, ...
> 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
Pity that as everyone is unemployeed, those companies don't have anyone to sell to.