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Nilay Patel argues that AI products have not shown enough everyday value to justify their costs, while the companies behind them are spending more than they earn from those products.

Simon Willison quoted Patel making the case in a passage tagged to The Vergecast’s discussion of Big Tech’s election losses. It is a pointed critique, not a measured account of every AI company’s finances. The question underneath it is less whether the industry can make a splash than whether people can see a benefit without needing an advertising campaign to explain it.

Discuss: What would an AI product need to do before you felt its benefits justified the cost and wider disruption?

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