Software post scarcity?

Reddit r/singularity 08/03/26, 05:38 PM News

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Summary

A reflection on how AI tools like ChatGPT are moving society toward post-scarcity for software, as individuals can create custom programs for personal use instead of paying high costs.

Yesterday I saw a random video about a guy that used chatgpt to basically create farming software for himself rather then paying 10s of thousands of dollars for it. Though we are not in post scarcity for physical products it seems like we are getting there for useful software.

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