AI is in its infancy, and I'm pretty sure a lot of AI services are sold below cost right now. This situation could change drastically if the monetization model changes. On that note, AFAIK YouTube, which hosts much of the content that small creators produce, still isn't profitable.
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In 2023, YouTube's advertising revenue totaled $31.7 billion, a 2% increase from the $31.1 billion reported in 2022. From Q4 2023 to Q3 2024, YouTube's combined revenue from advertising and subscriptions exceeded $50 billion. (from wiki)
Pretty sure youtube is doing fine.
Revenue means nada. Show me profits. Oh, and YouTube lost billions and billions taking over the online video space, for a decade+.
Bro, we are talking about 50 thousand million here. Do you seriously think yourube comes even close to that in terms of running cost? The employees salaries and server costs would have to be more then it's revenue for it to be running at a lost.
They don't publish their running costs so we can't know but it's silly to think it's more then 50 billion.
I don't understand people that think like this...
Do they think the prompt they type in will be so much better than what Hollywood types in that it negates the insane discrepancy in hardware and AI time?
It just makes zero sense to me, but people have been saying it for years now.
Like arguing the 2nd amendment means we can pull a Wolverines against an actual government.
There's a lot more small people, so the odds are massively in their favor. Also, using AI tools to make content is not just writing a prompt. If you are going to make videos of any length and depth, then you are utilizing a number of various tools. Just think of all the view time that silly TikTok videos have taken from Hollywood, now imagine people putting in the same amount of effort and ending up with much more impressive results since they have AI to use as a tool.
Two years ago, making something like Unanswered Oddities would have taken many months and a lot of money, now it can be done in an afternoon by someone creative.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14oiCokyIUUgHiNR-rPqavC9bPbm46U9
Not to get too off topic, but you're thinking of the idiocy of an AR-15 vs. a helicopter. There are a shitload of people and systems that make it possible to fly that helicopter.
SOURCES:
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Syria
Etc.
And imagine how fascist these fascist would be if they knew they could knock down every door without fear.