Thoughts on the Current (un)profitability of the AI Ecosystem
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The article discusses the current unprofitability of the AI ecosystem, raising questions about its sustainability, and the single comment expresses skepticism about the author's analysis.
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Think about it: if GitHub Pro saves 20% of developer time by streamlining the coding process, why does it cost less than a pretty low-impact tool like an enterprise password manager?
Shouldn’t it be priced more similarly to the Adobe suite or Autodesk if it’s as transformative as it’s claimed?
Every paid user of Adobe or Autodesk is burdening those companies with nearly $0 in infrastructure costs.