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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/38083497

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/26/ai-cost-human-workers Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information.

Lol. Lmao even

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[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

And you don't think this is at least some of those CEOs' point?? Now they can rehire people for even less than they paid them before

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I don't think it's a problem for them at all. They lose significantly less than the workers they 'replace' with AI. Relatively speaking, they come out on top by a huge margin. And that seems to be the main point.

Of course, there's also the question of how well that AI will perform compared to workers it supposedly replaced. So far it doesn't seem to be going well. Perhaps it doesn't need to. Who knows.

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