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Companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

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Re: Companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

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Post by IAmGraydon » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC

progval wrote: post #24

IAmGraydon wrote: post #16

I remember back when ChatGPT first came out, there was an article on HN about this AI researcher who worked for one of the big companies (I think Google) who came to believe the model was truly intelligent and that it was being abused by being locked in the machine. We all laughed as the guy had clearly lost his mind to AI psychosis. What we didn’t realize is he may have been patient zero. This is the delusion that w…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-engineer-c... it was before ChatGPT

That's the one - thanks for posting.

Re: Companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

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Post by androiddrew » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #106

androiddrew wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered that that money would have gone to raises or promotions? From that perspective the company nets out while the employee that would have received that money feels the effects of wage suppression.

You could say the same thing about the office snack budget, or the training budget, or the budget for the office holiday party.

No....no not comparable as an on going expense. Also my company cut snacks, training, and off sites for anyone but leadership years ago.

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