• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    But are the AI issues cheaper than the corporate infrastructure around hiring and paying employees and losing the occasional customer? If AI is more profitable, they don’t care. The only thing that’s mattered for decades now is what the bottom line says, no matter the cost.

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      4 hours ago

      No, but AI kiosks are a resource and employees are a cost. So spending more on AI looks better on paper.

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        2 hours ago

        You can label it whatever you want. There are going to be API fees or development costs for AI, so whatever box they want to put it under.