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This is going to all collapse so horrifically once AI companies change their payment model to token usage rather than a flat monthly fee. It's already starting with Microsoft and Google. Anthropic is the last (and most consequential) nail in the coffin.
Companies are building entire workflows around AI, but they are building them under the assumption that they won't ever be charged per token.
I can't wait!
Yeah I can't say I feel bad for anyone involved. But something tells me the people who created this problem won't be the ones suffering consequences.
Yeah, I'm sure they've got their golden parachutes ready, and will move on to the next scam.
Roses are red
AI is slop
My homies can't wait
For this bubble to pop.
Or worse, where the AI models underpinning a workflow breaks or degrades in some way to reduce token usage and then starts behaving in unexpected ways, in a process/workflow that assumes a particular type of behavior.
Sounds like you have first hand experience in this matter
Not with AI in particular, but yes with subscription based software generally.