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A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] mynona@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there may also a horizontal scheme as monopolies take on a global scale. Those businesses that sell in bankruptcy due to high tech costs could be gobbled up by the biggest AI-native competition. It's a leap but maybe in a decade your optometrist is replaced by an ai kiosk with a remote technician?

[โ€“] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe then he would give me the prescription I paid for....