06/20/2025

Cheap AI Tools May Come at a Big Long-term Cost

AI tools may undermine the jobs needed to build careers

In 2007, Luke Arrigoni, an AI entrepreneur, earned $63,000 at his first job as a junior software developer. Today, he says AI tools that write better code than he did back then cost just $120 annually.

The numbers don’t sit right with him. Arrigoni, who runs Loti AI, a company that helps Hollywood stars find unauthorized deepfakes, worries that underpriced AI tools encourage companies to eliminate entry-level roles. He wants to flip the incentive structure so people's careers do not end before they begin.

"If you make the AI systems more expensive, then you have an economic incentive to hire someone that is starting out," he said.

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