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0 pointsfauigerzigerk1mo ago0 comments

>Because accounting software is cheaper due to competition. In software eng Claude is currently strongest and there's higher costs involved than normal SaaS.

Yes, competition not salaries determines the margins that software vendors can charge. That's exactly what I'm saying.

My expectation is that competition between coding agents will stay strong and costs for the current level of software engineering performance will fall.

>There are many fields in which the tools/machinery cost more than the salaries of people.

For example?

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mewpmewp21mo ago

Agriculture, oil drilling, trucking, etc...

fauigerzigerkOP1mo ago

The machines in those sectors do not cost nearly as much as doing the same work manually. Not even close.

mewpmewp21mo ago

Of course not, but they cost more than the person using them, it's multiplying the productivity of that person, so if AI multiplied enough as well it would make sense.

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mewpmewp21mo ago

Agriculture, oil drilling, trucking, etc...

fauigerzigerkOP1mo ago

The machines in those sectors do not cost nearly as much as doing the same work manually. Not even close.

mewpmewp21mo ago

Of course not, but they cost more than the person using them, it's multiplying the productivity of that person, so if AI multiplied enough as well it would make sense.

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