this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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It’s a sad reality but it won’t last long. AI costs keep rising and soon it will be cheaper to hire humans again.
In retrospect, that's going to be a horrifying indictment of early 21st century capitalist society - that AI failed not because of the terrifying human and environmental cost, not because we respected our fellow human beings as workers and creators and rejected the offer to replace half of humanity with mindless drones, but because human labor was cheaper.
See also: Iran and gas prices.
As long as the wallets of rich child rapists get to dictate what happens in society this will keep happening.
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I haven't checked in a year or so but back then Moore's law was still in action so it'll only become cheaper and cheaper (and be less hard on the environment I hope) year over year.
According to experts, Moore's law haven't been active since 2016
The biggest gain still available? More efficient software, which is the opposite direction the industry is going with the focus on slop output.
If I had a euro each time someone said Moore's law is dead I'd go to the restaurant tomorrow...
Maybe you're right or it's at least a lower exponential, but it would be the first time in history.