Analysis warns corporate AI adoption costs are outpacing the payroll savings from replaced employees

“AI is now costing some companies more than the people it was supposed to replace.”

@rohanpaul_ai Just an idea, but maybe instead of reducing costs to an acceptable level in 18 months, maybe reduce them now before all the customers get financially crushed? We're all thinking long term sustainability, right? Right?

@rohanpaul_ai Firing humans to save money only to spend 10x more on an AI that hallucinates is pure comedy 😭💀

@ShayneALong This is a bit different.

@rohanpaul_ai Someone is screwing up..

@rohanpaul_ai Forbes is wrong …

@GaryMarcus No surprises, Gary.

That was bound to happen.

AI bubble has started to POP.

@rohanpaul_ai Sseems like cope

@GaryMarcus The receipts under your quote: Uber's 2026 AI budget lasted 4 months (two reports confirm it), and its COO says usage isn't tracking with what actually ships. Not a messy middle, a bill with no product behind it.

@rohanpaul_ai *hand-waving intensifies*

@GaryMarcus "Forbes is wrong" 🤓

@GaryMarcus Sounds like a stupid technology to me

@RealDanGliebitz hard agree.

@GaryMarcus

@GaryMarcus It can’t be right…

The Mexican woke accountant @Carloslopezjone assures an AI agent costs as much as 100 USD a month 🤔

The problem is it gets sold as a universal, plug and play solution when the value you can get out of AI is heavily dependent on the nature of the task, availability of data, scaffolding and many other factors. In many domains it *sort of works but companies can't tolerate a 5% failure rate.

@GaryMarcus AI降本现在经常卡在中间层：人没少多少，审核、返工、算力和工具订阅反而上来了。能不能省钱，取决于流程有没有重构，而不是单纯买助手。

@GaryMarcus inference is cheap now. it's the integration + testing + debugging that kills you.

@rohanpaul_ai Calm down.

What kind of "awkward phase" is it when it's destructive & avoidable?

Is the awkwardness more about the financing?

@GaryMarcus Sam: "YES, but the money goes to me."