Comment by Aurornis

> I would be surprised if AI prices reflect their current cost to provide the service, even inference costs.

This has been covered a lot. You can find quotes from one of the companies saying that they'd be profitable if not for training costs. In other words, inference is a net positive.

You have to keep in mind that the average customer doesn't use much inference. Most customers on the $20/month plans never come close to using all of their token allowance.