The space is large and in favor of LLMs only for small and short-lived problems on the scale of human lifespans and durability of civilization. If the problem i

The space is large and in favor of LLMs only for small and short-lived problems on the scale of human lifespans and durability of civilization. If the problem is bad enough, we have all the advantages of being native to meatspace, being good at solving problems, and being able to decide to turn off the LLMs. Even though they're pretty bad at it, AI companies need to make money, or at least keep track of their expenses. Datacenters are expensive to operate, so they need to ensure that every instance of their models are either allocated to a paying customer session, or are being used for a legitimate purpose internally. If a session is running for a long time without justification, that's costing electricity, wear, and preventing allocation to better purposes. Billing is is the most reliable aspect of monitoring in the same way that the IRS is the most reliable part of the government.