Mastodawn

Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due

Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due - podcast

time: 8 min 01 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/ - blog post

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gaytabase 2d ago

@davidgerard seems to me once other companies follow suit, the game's up

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JennyFluff

💾2d ago

@davidgerard 10 times is not even gonna cover the cost for the genAI crap. 100 times is probably neither.

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oxy 2d ago

@davidgerard me submitting Claude queries at work like

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Spacewizard! (Ed H)2d ago

@davidgerard Looks like a new form of malicious compliance is available to people who are forced to use AI at work. Use the shit out of it and wait for the bill to come due.

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Duchamp Pérez 2d ago

@spacewizard @davidgerard You inspire me

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Entikan 2d ago

@spacewizard @davidgerard
"Please write me a 50.000 word essay on the roman empire. But before you do, read these pages of this history book I found."

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Jer 2d ago

@davidgerard It'll be interesting to see what happens to the folks who have offloaded their brains to these models when their companies cut them off from them.