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interfering with thinking before that, in very early 2023, when I read about a self-published writer who was promoting AI use for writing fiction, but who'd already discovered it was interfering with her own creativity. It was as if her own ideas and subconscious shut down, and she was basically just directing the AI tool to write. She was still using it but had cut back. She'd already become addicted to it.

The AI bros and the venture capitalists funding them have made no secret of the fact that they want people to be dependent on AI.

At which point they plan to dramatically increase the price for AI users. I've seen a monthly subscription price of $1,000 mentioned as a possibility.

Generative AI requires so much computing power that these companies are currently losing money with every use. Sam Altman of OpenAI has complained that they lose money even with $200/mo subscriptions. It's a bubble, and they're kept afloat only by investors still hoping for a bonanza, while in the meantime their AI tools are doing incredible damage.