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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[–] virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're seeing this all over the tech and tech adjacent space. Can't grow forever at a loss, especially not with increased interest rates and a potential economic downturn.

My guess, if you want to have decent services we're going to end up needing to pick few (or a suite of the basics) to pay for on a monthly basic and cut out all the "free" stuff that is/will get enshittified.

[–] SitD@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

in my eyes they put themselves in an awkward position by garnering a reputation of always collecting more user data than justified, and at this point i assume they do the same with paid products as it's an industry norm. however I'm not ok with it and will never pay when the product doesn't respect privacy. the saying used to be "if you don't pay, you're the product", but it is increasingly shifting to: you're the product and also you have to pay so that our shareholders can experience more infinite growth

[–] galaxies_collide@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So they get massive amounts of free data for Machine Learning, but want to charge users for supplying it?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

I think the data is probably less valuable than people think, especially if the users expect an AI response whenever a data point can be collected from them.

[–] gearheart@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their using the public to train AI. Then charging the public for the AI it trained.

[–] Turun@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Yes?

I'll happily join in bashing Amazon for plenty of reasons, but training an AI is a step that adds significant value to the material. Just like any other product that is an effort that people are willing to pay for.