The Era of Cheap AI Is Over
jacobin.com
For years, AI companies promised their product would become a democratized and abundant utility. But as the sector pivots toward business clients and financial and environmental costs rise, the question is whether its unequal gains justify the price.

For years, AI companies promised their product would become a democratized and abundant utility. But as the sector pivots toward business clients and financial and environmental costs rise, the question is whether its unequal gains justify the price.

  • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    just the textbook ‘startup’ process: burn venture capital and acquire users at any cost. rug pull while grasping for profits, ipo before the dust settles.