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Re:Phoenix.new – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix by freedomben on Saturday June 21, 2025 @06:38AM (#44336377)
Indeed, why would an employer pay us a high salary to sit by the pool? The benefits will go to the founders/investors and the customers. They'll benefit greatly from the increased output and lower costs, but the middlemen (SWEs) will be cut out. That's a great thing if you're a founder/investor or a customer, but not if you're the middleman. New opportunities may come around, but I don't think that's inevitable. It remains to be seen.
Re:Phoenix.new – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix by neuderrek on Saturday June 21, 2025 @07:36AM (#44336711)
It will not be easier for founders/investor either. If couple prompts is all it takes to build your product, your potential customers will write those prompts themselves instead of buying your product.
Re:Phoenix.new – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix by freedomben on Saturday June 21, 2025 @07:48AM (#44336793)
Hot damn, that's a great point! Although I fully expect the models at some point to say stuff like, "I'm sorry I can't generate a <whatever> because that would violate Apple's/Google's/Whatever IP" and then have them enforce it with the power of government (copyright/patent/regulation/etc). There's also lots of industries where compliance requirements create a moat that might be difficult to get past, though that's probably just a short/medium-term problem.
Re:Phoenix.new – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix by dkersten on Saturday June 21, 2025 @12:30PM (#44338791)
True. But someone at the top will benefit. Either it’s the companies that can produce more of something that the end user can’t easily replicate themselves for whatever reason, or at least the LLM providers.

What I mean is, it will create value. Just not for the masses. And maybe not for the small businesses. If anything, it will let the big corporations do even more: a few big players doing everything and no little players at all.

Re:Phoenix.new – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix by elbear on Sunday June 22, 2025 @03:34PM (#44349636)
Some people prefer to pay for others to handle things and take responsibility.