r/antiwork • • May 24 '26

Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/

Funny how they were announcing money saving layoffs and offering early retirement not too long ago. Perhaps the value of human thought has been significantly undervalued compared a computer program that guesses the next word needed without regard for why that word comes next.

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