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Post #3509953

2026-07-01 11:47 UTC

It's amazing AI companies can legally bill by usage. "How much will this cost?" "No idea." "What will I get?" "No idea." "Can you estimate either?" "Absolutely not!" We're one jackpot animation away from calling it a slot machine.

Replies (4)

  • @heiglandreas@phpc.social 2026-07-09 14:19

    @fribbledom@mastodon.social Where is that better than developer estimations?

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  • @seedsignal@mastodon.social 2026-07-01 12:04

    @fribbledom@mastodon.social They hope to fall back/recurse to time-based billing like they used to in the mainframe days. So they can slowly iterate the new step-evolution into micro-speculation, et al. Won't work, but let them think it will. The deeper in this funnel they go, the more complete their implosions will be. Shhhh! We're hunting oligarchs. 🪔

    Open ##3756791

  • @fedops@fosstodon.org 2026-07-01 12:10

    @fribbledom@mastodon.social we can call it a slop machine for now.

    Open ##3756792

  • @david@social.piconet.work 2026-07-01 12:16

    @fribbledom@mastodon.social The difference is I like slot machines. I don’t like ambiguity of this kind!

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