Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

Using AI to Build an AI App - Part I

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Matt McDonagh
Aug 31, 2024
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The days of "buying software" are ending.

You can build your own CRM or RPG now.

You can use AI to build anything these days.

We’re launching a new series today called Using AI to Build an AI App to showcase how the barriers to building tools, systems and entirely new technology are falling fast.

I believe the fate of software companies is to become AI builders.

I don’t mean using AI to write code and maintain databases… that’s happening already. I mean all software companies will STOP writing software… and focus 100% on building and enhancing the AI agents and platforms they control.

“but Matt, isn’t this semantics… aren’t AI agents just collections of Python code?”

Indeed, this is true… but the companies won’t be focused on creating deterministic programs for their users to run. They will be focused on building:

  • User interface agents

  • User experience agents (bosses of the UI agents)

  • Routing agents

  • Control flow / logic agents (bosses of the Routing agents)

  • Database operations agents

  • Product utili…

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