Of course, ai will continue to improve. But it is also likely to get more expensive. At present Silicon Valley heavily subsidises its price. That cannot last for ever. OpenAI expects to burn $17bn in cash this year.

These kids should have paid better attention in D.A.R.E. The drug dealers always give you the first hit for free. (Drug dealers actually don’t give you the first hit for free, that was a person called a “pusher” and they don’t exist anymore and maybe never did but that isn’t material to my joke).