@feliks of course. These tools are way too expensive to maintain and run, are currently being subsidized by VC and private capital + bank loans, and AI companies are still bleeding insane amounts of money with negative margins. Nobody is making money on it. (See Ed Zitron’s reporting for all of the explanations on this)

Data centers can be taken offline. Models can be turned off. Companies that provide the services can increase prices to the point that nobody wants to pay for them or they can go bankrupt and disappear. Wires can be unplugged. Legislation can be written.

We don’t put asbestos into new buildings getting constructed in most of the world. We don’t nuke anyone. NFTs have basically completely disappeared after all the same screeching about inevitability. No technology is inevitable, especially technology that is expensive and complex to create, maintain, and run.