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https://www.axios.com/2026/04/26/ai-cost-human-workers Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information.

Lol. Lmao even

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 60 points 2 days ago

At least with human labour companies have control. They withhold raises and bat down wages and the people tend to have to take it.

With AI you get suckered in and all of a sudden have a subscription or something similar. Then next year the costs go up. You've already tailored your workflow to use AI, you can't just not pay the higher bill. Next year, costs go up again. What are you going to do? Not pay your bill and lose your entire workforce all at once? Now the company is being held hostage by the AI companies.

[-] kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago

Workers can and should do this too.

[-] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Union strong, babbyyy

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