alt Hacker NewsThe AI companies are assuming that there will be demand in the future for their products. That is why they are trying to scale up to meet the demand.
The AI companies are assuming that there will be demand in the future for their products. That is why they are trying to scale up to meet the demand.
They are hoping rather than assuming because if there isn't sufficient demand (sufficient paying demand, not people who wouldn't pay just using it for free because they can), there is no way back for them that isn't an amusingly catastrophic collapse, and they are scaling up as if the demand is a forgone conclusion because it just isn't worth trying to plan for the other option.