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highplainsdem

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14. I wouldn't bet on generative AI not going away. Using it has been fairly cheap or even free because

Reply to crud (Reply #12)

Tue May 5, 2026, 02:55 PM

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it's been subsidized by AI companies taking tremendous losses to get new users hooked. They can no longer afford that and prices are already rising sharply and/or usage is being throttled by some AI companies, while others are keeping prices low only by taking a financial loss with almost every use and depending on venture capital to keep them afloat.

But the cost will rise, and the hallucinations will always be there, and generative AI will increasingly look like a stupid investment.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/

And using AI can and should be made socially unacceptable. That's happening now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221210695

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221158554

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