This is revenue made entirely by convincing your customers that something is true (AI is the most revolutionary thing ever!) and keeping them in the dark as long as humanly possible as they run up ridiculous bills, all in the hopes that you’ve brainwashed the executives/paypigs well enough that they’ll never stop.

And really, “paypig” is the accurate term for these cretins:

Russell Burke, Life360’s finance chief, said the company doesn’t yet have a real-time monitor of its token spending, but he hopes to have one soon. “We hope that’s right around the corner,” he said.

Russell, you may as well let Dario Amodei put a cigarette out on your forehead! This is pathetic! What a fucking loser! Oohhh, I sure hope that the company I pay all this money to lets me see how much I’m spending! I thought Silicon Valley was meant to be all about meritocracy!

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-slowing-down/

I was reading this in the metro on my way to work and had to control myself from cackling.

That whole article is great. It's truly an insane situation the industry has gotten itself into.

This is satisfying. The tech is meaningful and can be useful, but it's clear that they're planning to use it to subjugate. Can't fail fast enough.