Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees

[hn100@social.lansky.name]

Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees

Link: https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48244434

[uastronomer@mastodon.monoceros.co.za]

@hn100 I believe this is exactly what many different accounts here were predicting would happen more than a year ago! (I dont include myself, I was just repeating what others had already said)

[m0xee@nosh0b10.m0xee.net]

@hn100@social.lansky.name
And you can pay human employees less if you start telling them they are going to get replaced with AI, so AI is still highly useful for cutting costs. Make them do more for less, what is not to like? AI revolution, woo-hoo!

[petherfile@beige.party]

@hn100 sounds like the fucking around is almost done and the finding out is imminent.

[bms48@mastodon.social]

@hn100 "Growth mindset" LOL

[patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social]

@hn100 @eniko disregard definition and gimme free tokens

[bartvdo@mastodon.social]

@hn100 @cstross And AI doesn’t learn. Yes, you can add alot more context whereby the AI agent performs better and improve the result, but a person at some point will be able to take over the task instead of being an assistent.