The AI Economy Is About to Get Real

For the last few years the tech industry has quietly assumed this AI is powerful almost free and it will eventually pay for itself Turns out that story is breaking down Commentary like The Primeagen’s video The AI Economy is about to change only makes the underlying trend clearer We are moving into a token aware era where every AI call has a real cost and every AI first roadmap hits a real budget wall [web:63] AI is suddenly not free anymore Providers are adjusting their pricing models Anthropic