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

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