The whole sell of AI to businesses is it's cheaper than paying people. If it is, in fact, not cheaper, and has just been sold cheaply to get everyone hooked on it (as tech companies have done repeatedly), it's hard to see where it goes.
My husband was hiring people recently (IT) & all of the interviewees were asking whether they would get to use AI. He asked them to make a case for use of AI anywhere in the project. None of them could come up with anything where it would be cheaper or more effective than people.
