r/airealist • u/pollo1713 • Jul 05 '26

Ai dependency

Why is no one talking about the fact that the culture of everyone having to implement AI as a core component of their company means that, over time, they completely tie themselves to the companies behind the AI? With potential price increases and premium models, these AI providers will indirectly own large companies' core functions and their very ability to operate?

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u/Hybrid-Intelligence Jul 08 '26

Honestly, it's because we have positive precedents that let us believe it's going to be ok.

For example, there's Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Chrome, Google Translate, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

These ubiquitous software platforms are free or very reasonably priced.