I'm really not sure about the models of ai monetisation that are starting to be employed.
Microsoft internally was using Claude and anthropic's work as it's better than their own. But racked up huge bills via tokens.
Now Microsoft are trying to monetise ai use through tokens.
Tbh I reckon the best majority of people don't really know how to get the best from ai. At the moment, it seems to me that it has huge potential but current models won't find that potential, as it's too hard to use well for ordinary people. And if it can't be easily used well, nobody will want to pay for it.
So I wouldn't be surprised to see early attempts to monetise ai fail, potentially causing a loss of confidence amongst investors and a bit of a crack on stock markets.
Now this is just my musings, none of this came from anywhere else and I might be talking absolute nonsense, but I do wonder whether we are really at the cusp of an ai takeover of industries, or whether we are just theorising about one still.