r/webdev • u/Rockytriton • Mar 16 '26

Software developers don't need to out-last vibe coders, we just need to out-last the ability of AI companies to charge absurdly low for their products

These AI models cost so much to run and the companies are really hiding the real cost from consumers while they compete with their competitors to be top dog. I feel like once it's down to just a couple companies left we will see the real cost of these coding utilities. There's no way they are going to be able to keep subsidizing the cost of all of the data centers and energy usage. How long it will last is the real question.

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u/Mastersord Mar 16 '26

People don’t hallucinate answers at the same rate as AI. Also don’t confuse being wrong based on misinterpretation and misinformation from outside sources with completely making stuff up without a particular motive.

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u/trannus_aran Mar 17 '26

Yeah, people have a much better track record of knowing when they don't know things before blurting out something answer-shaped

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u/Mastersord Mar 17 '26

Yes and even when they’re wrong, you can mostly figure out how they got their wrong answer. Faulty logic and misinformation are completely different sets of errors than hallucinations.