AI was supposed to reduce costs.
Now companies are discovering their AI bill is becoming a second payroll.
Some teams are literally being told to “use fewer tokens.”
AI founder life on the internet:
wake up
see “AGI next year” post
ship feature in panic
competitor launches same thing 3 hours later
tweet “we’re so early”
spend $400 on tokens before breakfast
repeat
@Jayyanginspires The best part is once you’ve experienced the downside of taking a risk and survived it, fear loses its grip and you start enjoying the process more.
Hot take: a machine only makes you more effective at work if you already understand the work without the machine.
A calculator helps because you already know math.
GPS helps because you understand directions.
AI helps because you can think.
If you don’t understand the fundamentals, the tool doesn’t amplify skill, it amplifies confusion.