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AI's Potential to Empower Everyone in Building Custom Software

Twitter users debate a claim that AI will let everyone build personal software like houses or cars.

@_coenen posted that everybody is going to build their own software just like everyone builds their own houses and cars. @Scobleizer replied that consumer research shows more people than expected will do so. @ShanuMathew93 noted that security and engineering concerns apply mainly to enterprise software while most users will create simple personal interfaces. @DanielGlejzner compared the idea to people being too lazy to cook. @FutureThesisX argued that AI agents give individuals actual capability unlike building houses or cars. @cheaf25master asked who would buy software if everyone builds their own.

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AI's Potential to Empower Everyone in Building Custom Software

Twitter users debate a claim that AI will let everyone build personal software like houses or cars.

@_coenen posted that everybody is going to build their own software just like everyone builds their own houses and cars. @Scobleizer replied that consumer research shows more people than expected will do so. @ShanuMathew93 noted that security and engineering concerns apply mainly to enterprise software while most users will create simple personal interfaces. @DanielGlejzner compared the idea to people being too lazy to cook. @FutureThesisX argued that AI agents give individuals actual capability unlike building houses or cars. @cheaf25master asked who would buy software if everyone builds their own.

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Andy Coenen@_coenen Yesterday
everybody’s going to build their own software just like everyone builds their own houses and cars
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thomas 🍙@brainage19 16 hrs ago
Long rant. Anti AI people are like the vegans of intelligence. There's many very good reasons to be anti AI (what are we going to do when everything is automated, what if it kills us all, putting excessive strain on existing power grids) but they insist on bullshit reasons that…
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CHEAF@cheaf25master 13 hrs ago
Quick question If everyone builds their own software, who’s left to buy it? Be honest
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Shanu Mathew@ShanuMathew93 13 hrs ago
and before hte software bois freak out and say "n0o0o0o0 you need security, data, proper engineering, etc." yes all of that is true for *enterprise, production-grade software* selling to other businesses. most people are going to build simple software interfaces/workflows for…
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Robert Scoble@Scobleizer 13 hrs ago
Great Point Andy! But I am seeing in my consumer research that a lot more than you might expect will.
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  Future Thesis@FutureThesisX 12 hrs ago
  I think a lot of people are underestimating the changes the SW industry will go through. I work in it so I see it first hand. The argument that people don't build their own houses and cars sounds cute but is a poor comparison. No one has the capability to do any of those…
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Summary

Replies praised distinctions between basic skills and large-scale tasks like batch cooking or internal tools, while negative accounts called AI advocates corporate shills and warned of security risks from giving agents broad access.

Based on 109 sentiment-bearing replies from 92 accounts across 3 conversations.

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Andy Coenen@_coenen Yesterday
everybody’s going to build their own software just like everyone builds their own houses and cars
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- replies: 360
- bookmarks: 447
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  Aaron Francis@aarondfrancis 23 hrs ago
  @_coenen wait hang on
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    Andy Coenen@_coenen 22 hrs ago
    @aarondfrancis this is x dot com, the everything app, so there’s not a lot of room for nuance, but here goes: there will be *tons* of dynamic software interfaces and tools created by AI for everyday people to use, but most people won’t directly create their own tools. this…
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  Mark Marshall@fulg0re 22 hrs ago
  @_coenen Agreed. Same energy as the “everyone should learn to code” craze decades ago.
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  Gravity Analytica Capital@GravityAnalyti1 22 hrs ago
  @_coenen Everyone is going to build their own software and video games. Just like people build their own Legos.
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    Andy Coenen@_coenen 22 hrs ago
    @GravityAnalyti1 but you realize people don’t *make* legos, they buy them and assemble them. not trying to be pedantic, i think that distinction is very important!
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Sentiment

Positive64.1%35.9%Negative

Summary

Replies praised distinctions between basic skills and large-scale tasks like batch cooking or internal tools, while negative accounts called AI advocates corporate shills and warned of security risks from giving agents broad access.

Based on 109 sentiment-bearing replies from 92 accounts across 3 conversations.