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https://www.axios.com/2026/04/26/ai-cost-human-workers Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information.

Lol. Lmao even

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 39 points 1 hour ago

Those same managers eleven seconds later when they get an ad for a new startup making the same obviously empty promises as the last startup:

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Does AI cost more than humans primarily because of greed (i.e the AI companies demand a high profit margin now) or because of energy costs (i.e AI is so wasteful with energy, so polluting, that it costs more than human workers)

[–] i078@europe.pub 20 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Given the ai companies are running at al loss, it’s fair to assume which if these is likely

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world -2 points 18 minutes ago (1 children)

This is a common myth, inference is not typically run at a loss, despite claims. It’s only a loss if you include staff and ongoing training costs. They could lock in their models now and be profitable if they wanted to.

[–] adb@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 minutes ago

Yes, and let’s also not count all the investments in infrastructure because you know… like training and staff it’s not a real cost that’s essential to the business.

Anyways, you wouldn’t happened to have heard that from Anthropocene or OpenAI?

Somehow we don’t have any actual indisputable numbers (I wonder why) but it is actually quite controversial and some of those who have done deep research on the subject are saying inference IS run at a loss and it might not get profitable ever.

https://www.ft.com/content/fce77ba4-6231-4920-9e99-693a6c38e7d5?syn-25a6b1a6=1

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 42 minutes ago

The AI companies bet on efficiencies occurring that have not materialized.

[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

The fact that piece of algorithm is getting paid more than a human being, who eat, live, love, is outrageous. Humans are the worst.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

Just to twist the knife, the algorithm was likely trained on the replaced workers behaviours

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 5 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

And likely does the job worse.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 3 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

I know I do! Last week I tried to overthrow a country with no oil! Egg on my face I tell ya.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah no shit. You get people dependent on your product, then Jack up the price

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

Corpo fell for the oldest corpo trick.

[–] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 minutes ago

Hahahahaha their greed knows no bounds and they couldn't help but reach and reach and reach further in until they ruined the one actual selling point they had of AI "replace the slaves cheaper!!" They cried waving their arms around "This is the new thing!!" "You won't have to pay people anymore! Think of the profits!!"

And then they went and fucked it up because of how obscenely and unapologetically greedy they are in every single thing that they do. Hahahahahaha oh god, the irony is almost tangible enough you could put it on a plate and eat it.

Good for us, the actual workers of the world. But wow, they are so greedy they couldn't even replace us all with robots effectively because they just want more and more and more and more and more and...

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Lol ffs ...

"Greedy pos CEO of ShitCo. thinks they're the only greedy pos CEO. Greedy pos CEO of AIslopCo. drains their accounts."

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 hour ago

They fired the wrong people. Go higher!

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

AI + UBI

A great pairing.

Who doesn't like a great pair?

[–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

AND it's shit

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 57 minutes ago

But they got to fire a lot of people which is their favorite thing to do.

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 5 points 59 minutes ago

They don't care, they don't want to be in the writing software business or in the human resources business. Cloud is more expensive but they didn't care because they didn't want to be in the data center business.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

How long until the AI gains sentience and joins the rest of us on the picket lines?

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

AI will never gain sentience, not with current tech and not until we figure out how consciousness actually works.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 49 minutes ago

Rehire and Replace the CEO with AI 😁

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Turn off the AI, and rehire people, done.

  • CEOs, guaranteed
[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

It's actually crazy how incredibly wrong that is.

What is the CEOs job? To make profit? To select winning products? To chart a long term course?

Nope.

Nope Nope Nope.

Thier job is to increase the value of their outstanding stock. That's it.

Now, given the fact that the stock market is a fucking casino... sure. Making profit is A way to TRY and increase your stock price. Making wise product decisions is A way to do that. This is a Warren Buffet type of CEO.

You also need to "read the room" (the room being investors) understand what they want to hear, and start saying it. No matter how stupid it is. No matter if you know full well it's stupid.

If the whims of investors are convinced using AI is what is valuable, they will spend more on AI than humans for as long as it's the case that the market will reward them for doing so... despite it being objectively inefficient.

You gotta remember that company stock is like a currency they can print at will. As nice as it is to have a profitable business... it's even nicer to have the luxury of being able to just print money.