If there's no monetization, the industry will just collapse. Not a good thing to aspire to. I hope they make money whilst doing these improvements.
> the industry will just collapse
Wait, so all of that talk of ushering an era of innovation and new opportunities was just a lie, and the thing needs dinosaur-era stuff like ads and online shopping to survive?
Seems disingenuous.
If there's no monetization, the industry will just collapse, except for Google, which is probably what they want.
If people pay for inference, that's revenue. Ads and stuff is plan B for inference being too cheap, or the value being too low.