Masses Won't Care About AI Agents Even If Tokens Become Free
dbasch · x · 2026-08-05
The author points out a counterintuitive industry reality: while AI practitioners are obsessed with agents, the vast majority of the global public couldn't care less. The author predicts that even if token costs drop to basically zero in the next year, the general public still won't care about these technologies.
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