[grey_whiskers]

What happens when the AI companies have to start charging enough for tokens to pay their actual infrastructure cost?

[CodeToad]

“What happens when the AI companies have to start charging enough for tokens to pay their actual infrastructure cost?”

I’ve been wondering that myself. Considering the money being spent on AI data centers, how much work will they actually generate that is billed at a profitable rate?

[catnipman]

“What happens when the AI companies have to start charging enough for tokens to pay their actual infrastructure cost?”

is suspect that’s the plan: first get the populace hooked on free usage and then jack up the charges ... Grok already has several tiers of capabilities, all of which cost money except the lowest tier, which is still currently free ...

[alancarp]

"What happens when the AI companies have to start charging enough for tokens to pay their actual infrastructure cost?"

After every other input, the AI will play a 90 second video ad.

[montag813]

What happens when the AI companies have to start charging enough for tokens to pay their actual infrastructure cost?

The Feds will bail them out and print more money to cover it.