Similarly to how Trump seems like he’s maybe (hopefully) overplaying his hand with the speed and brazenness of his authoritarian overreaches, AI companies simply tried to deskill people too quickly to addict them enough to the “the resemblance of skills on an expensive cloud” machine that is AI.

If they had–like they did with other “platforms”–really addicted the users with something they couldn’t get elsewhere for free, allowed them to get comfortable enough to be deskilled, and then done the rug pull they might not be whining right now.

I think the reason this was different is that the models are just inefficient and resource hungry as shit, and the cost of addicting the users by giving it away for free is just too high.

That’s where the whining comes in. Come on guys…get addicted!