alt Hacker NewsThe reason uber didn't loose that much business is because it replaced the established businesses and left most consumers with little alternative.
That's not the case with AI - unless the frontier labs achieve AGI or some sort of super intelligence that lets them create infinite economic value (at which point, any further discussion is pointless for obvious reasons), the average worker can do most of their tasks with 5% of the api costs using an open source model from China and achieve the same results.
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> the average worker can do most of their tasks with 5% of the api costs using an open source model from China and achieve the same results.
Are you also going to tell me that everyone will be switching to their favorite Linux desktop distribution over Mac & Win because it's "free"?
> The reason uber didn't loose that much business is because it replaced the established businesses and left most consumers with little alternative.
The established businesses were awful. There was not a thriving and beloved taxi service in every city pre-Uber. Taxis were bad and very expensive.
Also did you forget that Lyft exists and normal taxis are still available? Taxi services had to improve their business when the ride sharing companies entered the market because they previously relied on their own grip on on-demand transportation to keep prices high and service poor.