The AI business loop in one tweet: tech creates problems, then sells tokens to fix them
srimisra · x · 2026-10-23
srimisra offers a cynical one-verse take on the AI business model: create a powerful technology, let it create new problems, then build solutions to those problems with the same technology. The tech consumes tokens, the solutions consume tokens — more problems, more solutions, more tokens, more money. "The meter keeps running."
A widely resonant critique of token-based pricing and the self-amplifying problem/solution loop in the AI industry.
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