They used the word in an irregular way. They meant a decline in software company revenue, not an economic recession.

You might well see more software profits if costs go down but less revenue. Depends on Jevon's paradox really

No this doesn’t make sense either. Why would Amazon‘s profits go down if their engineers are cheaper?

	▲	torginus 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In AWS's case - if AI can replicate what AWS offers as a value add - then you migh go with a cheaper cloud provider. Like, you have the option of either using AWS RDS, or hiring a DBA and devops who administer your DB, and set up backups, replication and networking. If AI (or a regular dev with the help of AI) can do that, it might mean your company decides to take the administrative burden on, and save the money.
	▲	graeme a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I didn't say profits down. The OP was talking about revenue for some companies potentially declining.
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