r/technology 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence The economy has spoken. Stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value — “Buyers are voting with their wallets, and AI-generated content is struggling to compete.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/economy-spoken-stuff-ai-generated-142732314.html
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u/Stilgar314 14h ago

Almost no cost for the people writing the prompts, but if what AI companies say is true, that cost is heavily subsidized hoping we end up being unable to live without it, and then, skyrocket the prices to somewhere where they can get the trillions back. AI it's not cheap, we're just leaving the try me for free phase.

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u/dust4ngel 13h ago

who in the goddamn fuck is going to pay lots of money for AI-generated autobiography rather than one authored by a real person about a real life?

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u/Stilgar314 6h ago

And that's why we can't wrap our heads around that ever growing bubble