Bill Gates Warns On Robots By 2030, Meta's AI Wrote 220% More Code And Shipped Almost Nothing, Meta's $18B Settlement, & The First Software Tax In California History

<p>Bill Gates says robots will take construction jobs by 2030. Dustin DeVan offered to bet his entire net worth against it.</p><p>In this episode of Bricks, Bucks &amp; Bytes, Owen, Dustin and Martin pull apart the 6,000 word essay Gates published this week and ask the question nobody in construction wants to answer out loud: </p><p>if AI is making everyone so much more productive, why has nobody's headcount actually gone down? </p><p>What they get into:</p><p>Why Bill Gates thinks construction and hospitality roles shift to robots by 2030, and why the panel thinks he's wrong</p><p>Meta's own internal numbers: code changes up 220%, features that reached users up just 36%, security incidents up 40%</p><p>The Architecture Billings Index at 46.6, the longest slump since records began in 1995, and what it says about 2027</p><p>California's new sales tax on software and what it does to the cost of running a business</p><p>#aec #construction #tech #contech</p><p>Our Sponsors:</p><p>BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.co</p><p>Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co</p><p>Archdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com</p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:00 Why AI Job Loss Predictions Keep Missing</p><p>01:49 Bill Gates AI Essay Explained: Which Jobs Disappear First</p><p>03:48 Can AI Hack Real Systems? Gates on Cybersecurity Risk</p><p>06:37 Will Robots Replace Construction Workers by 2030?</p><p>09:35 AI Companions and Teen Mental Health: The 72% Problem</p><p>12:14 Meta $18 Billion Settlement: What It Means for TikTok and YouTube</p><p>17:38 California SB 122: The New Sales Tax on SaaS</p><p>28:30 Why Free Government Services Are Never Free</p><p>30:40 Will Businesses Leave California Over Taxes?</p><p>31:21 Architecture Billings Index 46.6: The Longest Slump on Record</p><p>35:08 Data Centers vs Everything Else: The Construction Split</p><p>41:40 How to Hire Software Engineers: In-House vs Agency</p><p>47:18 Can You Rebuild an Estimating Platform with AI?</p>