One thing about AI that I feel like no company that is already inserting into their workforce is thinking about is what the future looks like when your company depends on it. If AI is doing the work that junior employees used to do, then you are losing the base knowledge that your employees used to learn. Maybe in the coming years it starts to take over more and more roles that people used to do and companies can decrease their workforce. AI comes a lot cheaper than real people (at least that's the selling point).
Most tech companies however tend to operate following a standard enshittification schedule. First they are very cheap, supported by investments and venture capitalists. Then they build a large user base who become completely dependent on them as alternatives disappear (in this case as they lose the institutional knowledge that their employees used to have). Then they seek to make money so the investors can make their profits. In this case I could see the cost of AI rising a lot, after companies have already built it in to their business. AI eventually has to start making money. Just like Amazon had to, and Facebook, and Uber, and Twitter, and Netflix, etc.
From all the talk I see of companies embracing AI wholeheartedly it seems like they aren't looking any further than the next quarter. It only costs so much per month to replace so many man hours of work! I'm sure that won't last once AI is deeply embedded into so many businesses that they can start charging whatever they want to.
Most tech companies however tend to operate following a standard enshittification schedule. First they are very cheap, supported by investments and venture capitalists. Then they build a large user base who become completely dependent on them as alternatives disappear (in this case as they lose the institutional knowledge that their employees used to have). Then they seek to make money so the investors can make their profits. In this case I could see the cost of AI rising a lot, after companies have already built it in to their business. AI eventually has to start making money. Just like Amazon had to, and Facebook, and Uber, and Twitter, and Netflix, etc.
From all the talk I see of companies embracing AI wholeheartedly it seems like they aren't looking any further than the next quarter. It only costs so much per month to replace so many man hours of work! I'm sure that won't last once AI is deeply embedded into so many businesses that they can start charging whatever they want to.