AI cuts task time 80%: hourly billing breaks, datacenter backlash grows
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-16
FinanceYF5 threads two observations: AI makes people 5x+ faster, cutting task time 80% while hourly rates stay flat — freelancers and agencies must rethink pricing; and opposition to datacenters is broader than Silicon Valley assumes (some even want them torn down), prompting big AI companies to reframe AI around helping humans, freeing time, and curing cancer rather than raw capability.
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