The eighteen-month recap: AI Engineer, Singapore, May 2026
Geoffrey Huntley presented an eighteen-month recap at AI Engineer Singapore, arguing that AI has fundamentally shifted software development into a knowledge abundance economy. He claims that the unit economics of business have changed so drastically that software creation now costs less than minimum wage labor. The talk highlights how non-technical roles, such as designers and product managers, are now empowered to build software independently using AI tools.
- ▪Geoffrey Huntley is an independent AI researcher known for developing the Ralph loop technique for context engineering.
- ▪Huntley asserts that the cost of software development has dropped below the wage of a minimum wage worker due to AI advancements.
- ▪The speaker observed that designers and product managers are now actively building software without traditional engineering support.
- ▪The talk was delivered at the AI Engineer Singapore conference as a follow-up to a previous six-month recap in Melbourne.
- ▪Huntley describes the current shift as a move from a society based on knowledge scarcity to one of knowledge abundance.
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By Geoffrey Huntley in AI — 27 Sep 2026 the eighteen-month recap: AI Engineer, Singapore, May 2026 This is the eighteen-month recap: the talk I gave on day two of AI Engineer Singapore. A lot has happened since the six-month recap in Melbourne. The recording is below, followed by an edited transcript with the slides.Welcome back. For those who were at the party here last night, he actually came on for a couple of sets and DJed as well. So who is Geoffrey Huntley? He's an independent AI researcher known for doing unhinged things with AI. He's the person behind the Ralph loop, which is now incorporated in many, many tools that are used today.
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