# Finding myself in AI

My journey from being skeptical about AI to embracing it as the future of software development, and founding Jarvex with Felix Schmidt.

Today, I’ve come to a realization. My two-decade tenure as a developer has been fulfilling, but I now realize: thanks to AI, it is over.
Let me explain: AI has always fascinated me. I love Jurassic Park, afterall, of course I would. But for some reason, when machine learning started getting some traction in 2018, my initial reaction was indifference.
Up to this point I had only worked with deeplearning4j and tried my luck with a project titled “minime” using a self-compiling piece of java code and a rules engine. But when I first heard about machine learning and got in touch with people actively scanning my project scipioerp on github for generative AI, I couldn’t really see the usefulness.
I was an expert developer myself, with 20 years of experience by now. Of course AI couldn’t do what I did. At least not in its complexity. But eventually I forced myself to use it. Really use it and once ChatGPT3 came around I suddenly saw the writing on the wall: my days as a developer were over.
That’s when I teamed up with my dear friend Felix Schmidt to found <strong>Jarvex.net</strong>. Jarvex will be our way of embracing our own future. We want to see AI being adopted sooner rather than later and be a positive force in our society.
As a first outlet, we are also founding <strong>AIVory</strong>, a first digital agency that works without employing developers. My role is now transitioning from developer to AI collaborator.
This is probably the most significant change in my career ever since I founded <strong>Ilscipio</strong> and I am not even sure where this new route will take me. I only know, this just feels right.