John Rush: AI is driving digital value to zero, so he's pivoting to construction and atoms
sebpaquet · x · 2026-10-05
Indie hacker John Rush argues that everything AI boosts — code/SaaS, long-form text, video/music/art, presentations, hard skills like math and translation — is losing value down to zero. His response: bet on areas AI can't touch yet, including the world of atoms, in-person services, energy, food, and construction. He says he's already started in construction and will shift more time to non-digital businesses, noting he made this call four years ago and that agreement is growing.
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