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The Dopamine Trap: Uber Burned $1,200 On AI In A Two Hour Demo
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- Jul 12, 2026
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Summary
Uber's chief technology officer burned 1,200 dollars in AI costs during a two hour internal demo. Not a product launch. A demo. And when his own company looked at the receipts, their president admitted in public that all that AI usage did not seem to match up with any real features that actually shipped to customers. That is not a technology story. That is a brain story. And it is happening to you too, just with smaller numbers. Listen in as I take apart the most misundersto...