{"id":1912,"date":"2023-06-05T09:08:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2023-08-05T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:16:18","slug":"ai-chatbot-reality-check-the-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2023\/06\/05\/ai-chatbot-reality-check-the-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"AI chatbot reality check \u2013 the bottom line?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI_Breaks_Piggybank.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI_Breaks_Piggybank.png\" alt=\"The cost of AI\" class=\"wp-image-1905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI_Breaks_Piggybank.png 576w, https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI_Breaks_Piggybank-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generative AI chatbots might be cool to many. But the heat (greenhouse gas emissions) and cost may deflate hype as a reality check for the botton line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generative AI data center server infrastructure plus operating costs will challenge the business models and profitability of emergent services incorporating this tech [1].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Washington Post > &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2023\/06\/05\/chatgpt-hidden-cost-gpu-compute\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI chatbots lose money every time you use them. That&#8217;s a problem.<\/a>&#8221; by Will Oremus (June 5, 2023) \u2013 The cost of operating the systems is so high that companies aren&#8217;t deploying their best versions to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key points<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chatbots lose money on every chat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better chatbot quality costs more. So, ads are probably coming to AI chatbots (but profitability will remain elusive, even with smaller, cheaper models).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The world&#8217;s richest [tech] companies may turn chatbots into moneymakers sooner than they may be ready to.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies that buy \u2026 AI tools [from companies building the leading AI language models] don&#8217;t realize they&#8217;re being locked into a heavily subsidized service \u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The intensive computing AI requires is why OpenAI has held back its powerful new language model, GPT-4, from the free version of ChatGPT, which is still running a weaker GPT-3.5 model.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A single chat with ChatGPT could cost up to 1,000 times as much as a simple Google search.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computing requirements also help to explain why OpenAI is no longer the nonprofit it was founded to be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tech giants are willing to lose money in a bid to win market share with their AI chatbots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies adopting generative AI tools (even with all their flaws) might trim human jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related posts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 [1] Lords of AI \u2013 Tech giants and an International Agency > <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1901&amp;cpage=1#comment-125\">Comment 5\/15\/2023<\/a> > This article discusses a forecast for the industrial cost of AI services \u2013 a massive increase, despite ongoing improvements in hardware performance [1] \u2013 &#8220;As demand for GenAI continues exponentially.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generative AI chatbots might be cool to many. 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