# Personal Software | Lee Robinson

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## What Jamie wrote

Is it possible that with AI we could be entering a time where you can have any application you want custom created for you? Is software the opposite of many industries where we start with bespoke and then become increasingly manufactured? What if the future doesn't involving buying or "renting" any software, but just having an AI make what you wish. Like having your own tailor to make all of your clothing just for you. 

> AI has changed our relationship with software.
> 
> Software can now adapt to you, not the other way around. Better yet, AI is making it possible for _anyone_, not just developers, to create single-use or custom applications.

I’m not going to entirely discount this scenario, but it hides a lot of complexity. Yes AI is able to write code and design functions. How far does that scale up? And would we even want software that is made just for us? There is a lot of making software that has nothing to do with writing code or functions. The design of the thing is important. The opinions that go into the structure matter.

And if this applies to software then why would we not apply it to every other craft? Why watch movies for everyone, but have AI make movies just for you. Why read books for everyone, AI can write a book just for you. 

If one of those scenarios sounds right and the other wrong… I think there is something amiss in our thinking.

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