Reddit Debate: Should AI Be More Expensive to Encourage Thoughtful Use?
Available-Mud-4095 · reddit · 2026-08-16
A Reddit user suggests that AI should be expensive enough to make people think before using it. The post asks whether making high-compute AI significantly more expensive to reduce unnecessary consumption is acceptable or an unacceptable restriction on access to technology. It's a discussion on AI cost, usage, and societal impact.
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