The shift from 'how do I use AI' to 'should I' is the right one, and most skip it. Treating agents like fresh graduates is honest: useful, fast, and wrong in ways you would not expect. The recurring token cost is the part business owners miss in the math. Did you model that cost against the agent lineup in the post?
It is mentioned as part of the recurring operational cost of any AI implementation, and two options are given: pay it as a service to any of the current major AI providers, or create your in-house AI platform, and absorb it as a capital investment + recurring costs of maintenance.
The in-house solution becomes more attractive with each passing day, as Open Source models become more capable and lighter, and hardware becomes cheaper and stronger.
The shift from 'how do I use AI' to 'should I' is the right one, and most skip it. Treating agents like fresh graduates is honest: useful, fast, and wrong in ways you would not expect. The recurring token cost is the part business owners miss in the math. Did you model that cost against the agent lineup in the post?
It is mentioned as part of the recurring operational cost of any AI implementation, and two options are given: pay it as a service to any of the current major AI providers, or create your in-house AI platform, and absorb it as a capital investment + recurring costs of maintenance.
The in-house solution becomes more attractive with each passing day, as Open Source models become more capable and lighter, and hardware becomes cheaper and stronger.
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