> AI is amplifying the advantages of large incumbent software companies. In large software companies (I've worked for a few) the bureaucracy always seems to sc

> AI is amplifying the advantages of large incumbent software companies. In large software companies (I've worked for a few) the bureaucracy always seems to scale exponentially more than the 'productivity'. So you end up waiting on a build system that takes 5 hours, you have to use some old library because it's pinned in a monorepo, reviews from other engineers that take days, a Staff Engineer wants to give his opinion so the project gets delayed another week, another manager feels threatened by your idea so he shuts you down, etc. AI won't solve any of this, it will just allow increasingly more convoluted bureaucracy to be created. Compare that to a scrappy developer or startup, they can run literally run circles around big tech. The only thing is they don't have is as much money or resources, but they have a ton of advantages getting things to market, where AI can be used to increase productivity without all the red tape.