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AI company costs to earn €1 may skyrocket, analysis suggests

An AI company's cost to earn one euro is likely to skyrocket, according to a back-of-the-envelope calculation. The analysis suggests that businesses should question whether their AI business cases remain viable if AI costs increase by 100x or 1000x. It also prompts consideration of whether an AI pivot can be reversed if it becomes unprofitable. AI

IMPACT Businesses may need to re-evaluate their AI strategies and financial models due to potentially escalating operational costs.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the potential future costs of AI for businesses.

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AI company costs to earn €1 may skyrocket, analysis suggests

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Let's do a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the cost of earning €1 by an #AI company and see why it is likely that costs will sky-rocket. You have to ask you

    Let's do a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the cost of earning €1 by an #AI company and see why it is likely that costs will sky-rocket. You have to ask yourself two questions: 1) does the #business case also work if the costs of AI 100x or 1000x? 2) can we roll back our pivo…