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1. dexwiz+V[view] [source] 2024-01-22 21:35:22
>>Dyslex+(OP)
This is my concern with AI in general. Cost, both real and monetary. Right now Microsoft and VCs are dumping money into AI operation to help with growth and adoption. What happens when AI's business focus moves from cost to grow to cost to serve? Will all these business who integrated in AI suddenly be saddled with huge bills? What if your product depends on AI, and suddenly is not profitable to operate? Anecdotally I have already seen people pull back AI features, because it turned out to be too expensive to serve in the long run.

I already pay for a GPT subscription, and its reliability is one of the worst of any product I pay for. The novelty keeps me paying, but I can't imagine building a business on it.

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2. gmerc+vk[view] [source] 2024-01-22 23:22:21
>>dexwiz+V
They will charge the salary of the worker they are replacing with an EC2 style AI simulacrum.

Employers will save health, logistics, HR, etc.

Governments will have to pay for unemployment

Just the same as always - privatize the gains

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3. riscy+ym[view] [source] 2024-01-22 23:38:00
>>gmerc+vk
In other words, if the people providing the AI demand the same money as the workers it replaces, it doesn't seem like society actually benefits.
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4. jacque+nV[view] [source] 2024-01-23 03:33:25
>>riscy+ym
Indeed it doesn't, and likely it won't. But they'll start off subsidizing it to get the employers hooked. It's always the same pattern.
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