AI is highly subsidized for users so AI wrappers can be profitable. (Even though they are a net negative to the economy)
But ai companies burn trillions of dollars of investor money with fake promises. They can’t make a reddit chatgpt bot that charges a user 10$ a month and make a profit.
Google seems to be figuring it out pretty quickly. Getting easier and better to simply use Gemini than it is to actually use Google’s search. That’s been the tech idea for years. Come in quick and disruptive, make it cheap on someone else’s back, and then when people are hooked, wrack up the costs.
AI is highly subsidized for users so AI wrappers can be profitable. (Even though they are a net negative to the economy)
But ai companies burn trillions of dollars of investor money with fake promises. They can’t make a reddit chatgpt bot that charges a user 10$ a month and make a profit.
And why would a user of reddit need/want a chat bot: for what? And on top of that pay $10???
To make posts and comments that advertise their products.
Google seems to be figuring it out pretty quickly. Getting easier and better to simply use Gemini than it is to actually use Google’s search. That’s been the tech idea for years. Come in quick and disruptive, make it cheap on someone else’s back, and then when people are hooked, wrack up the costs.