Era of Human Coders Coming to an End! (Patreon)

This isn't abstract—SoftBank is "currently initiating the process," positioning AI as a "thousand-armed deity" multiplier for workers. For coders, the "safe" career myth crumbles, much like how AI image generators disrupted artists.

The profound takeaway? Adapt or risk obsolescence in an era where AI doesn't just assist but replaces.

Softbank will send the first billion AI agents to work this year "The agents will be active 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and will interact with each other", said Son. They will learn independently and gather information. The Japanese businessman expects the AI agents to be significantly more productive and efficient than humans. They would cost only 40 Japanese yen (currently around 23 euro cents) per month. Based on the stated figure of 1,000 agents per employee, this amounts to 230 euros per month instead of a salary for one person."

A LESSON IN THE SPEED OF DISRUPTION

Cursor's Rapid Integration of Grok 4

Cursor, widely regarded as a leading AI-powered code editor (essentially an enhanced IDE like VS Code with built-in AI for autocompletion, debugging, and code generation), exemplifies how the industry is racing to leverage cutting-edge models. What is insane, is when Grok 4, xAI's flagship AI released on July 9, 2025, during a livestream event, was integrated into Cursor almost immediately—within hours to a day of launch, as announced by Cursor's team.

Cursor the AI Coding Tool got disrupted in HOURS!

h.t Sanjay for the heads up