'Only rich people become air pilots' — and soon, only they can afford top AI
Robos_Basilisk · reddit · 2026-09-06
A short Reddit post draws a meme-style analogy: 'only rich people become air pilots' — remember this when you're struggling to afford top AI models in a few years. It riffs on rising compute costs and frontier model access, sparking discussion about whether cutting-edge AI will remain a luxury.
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