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# AI Builds Confidence, Community Builds Credibility


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

AI can make anyone feel like a developer. It can't make anyone trusted as one. As AI flattens the skill curve, credibility stops coming from the tool you used and starts coming from the community that vouches for your work. Using SAP's developer ecosystem, from first-time builders to veteran architects, we'll look at what community-built trust looks like in practice, and why it's the one thing AI can't automate.

## Speaker

### [Josh Bentley](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@josh-bentley)

Head of Community, SAP


## Related talks at this congress

- [Building the AI Era Through Developer Communities: A Competitive Advantage for Engineers & Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1748-building-the-ai-era) — John Komarnicki
- [Architecting the 100X SDLC: Building Production Trust into AI-Assisted Delivery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1826-architecting-the) — Ranjan Parthasarathy
- [The Reality of AI Adoption in Enterprises](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1752-the-reality-of-ai) — Priyanka Vergadia
- [Building AI Products vs. Building With AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1841-building-ai-products) — Aparna Dhinakaran, Rukmini Reddy, Tamar Bercovici

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## Links

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