Re:Alexa had "no profit timeline," cost Amazon $25B in 4 years
by tomjen3 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @01:24AM
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I don't think they can.
One of the things that will define the AI era is that the cost of computation for one user drastically outweights what you could normally make in ad revenue.
Thats why I have to pay more for Chat-GPT than I do for Netflix.
What do you think adoption would look like Alexa costs 20 a month on top of the hardware? Because that may be approximately what it would cost for Amazon to be able to run an AI to power Alexa.
Apple is the only one that is partially immune to this, because they can run the software on your phone, at least some of the time.
One of the things that will define the AI era is that the cost of computation for one user drastically outweights what you could normally make in ad revenue.
Thats why I have to pay more for Chat-GPT than I do for Netflix.
What do you think adoption would look like Alexa costs 20 a month on top of the hardware? Because that may be approximately what it would cost for Amazon to be able to run an AI to power Alexa.
Apple is the only one that is partially immune to this, because they can run the software on your phone, at least some of the time.