AI Development

Software As A "T-Shirt"

In the current wave of software production, AI-guided methods promise speed, scale, and the seductive idea of near-zero marginal cost. The result, many observers note, resembles the output of a budget T-shirt factory tucked away in a developing region where labor is cheap and quality control is an afterthought. This new breed of software is sometimes branded as agile, sometimes as prompt-driven, and sometimes simply as disposable. Its appeal lies in how easily a product can be spun up, pivoted, and discarded, much like last season’s clothing dropped into a charity bin. Critics, including many who welcome technological progress, ask...