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For real. This whole “AI/LLM” nonsense could’ve been a nothing burger if they correctly charged it at the get go… Ah, well. Venture capital is suckers, I guess?
From what I've seen, the AI companies don't even know what to charge. For example, claude.ai finally made an API for user costs and we get this fun fact:
The problem is though they made it basically free. And that was a mistake cause people don't like paying for stuff once it was free.