"Cheap enough" doesn't exist as an isolated term, it's "cheap enough given task involves some specific competence".
I can vibe code a card game on an unpaid Claude account, so it's definitely cheap enough to replace developers (and businesses selling card games) if you just want a card game.
A whole modern operating system? Right now, I think you'd still need to be a developer just to direct the AI well enough to make more than a demo.
"Cheap enough" doesn't exist as an isolated term, it's "cheap enough given task involves some specific competence".
I can vibe code a card game on an unpaid Claude account, so it's definitely cheap enough to replace developers (and businesses selling card games) if you just want a card game.
A whole modern operating system? Right now, I think you'd still need to be a developer just to direct the AI well enough to make more than a demo.
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I’ll never know the answer to the question because the AI writing is such a turn-off.