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Uh, oh. Did someone just poke the bubble?
AI is apparently the 8th wonder of the world. It will bring everyone out of poverty, solve world hunger, eliminate our need to work, and make us all prosperous beyond our wildest beliefs. As crazy as that sounds, that’s what some prominent people in the industry have been hyping.
However, after scaling up usage a bit via free access, AI companies are now trying to cover their costs by increasing deployment of the better, paid versions. Tech companies and large corporations are all gung-ho about using AI, so there’s a lot of early adoption underway, but how useful is that early adoption and is it providing a positive return on investment (ROI)?
Uber is apparently starting to ask these questions, or should be.
