At some point AI companies are going to have to charge real money to make a profit from their services. What do you think that amount would be and why? (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] iByteABit@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

There's always two sides to software, one is the power of the hardware, and the other is the efficiency of the software. I think in this case OP means that AI will be optimized so much that it will require tiny fractions of the resources it previously needed, at least for the casual use cases of an average person asking a simple question or performing a small task.

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