The classic dealer trap, “the first one is free”, it is clear that in five years AI companies will have ramped up the cost of using their models by a LOT.

It’s so obvious that this is going on but all the super geniuses running all the tech companies somehow believe that AI will magically get both better and cheaper and that the AI vendors will generously pass those savings on to their customers. People have been running this scam since Wonderbread was undercutting local bakeries but you can’t tell shit to an executive on a bubble high.