# A penny for your AI thoughts?

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Podcast: [Round Table China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/round-table-china-390882)
Published: 2026-06-02T08:05:00+00:00
Episode link: 1_2764894
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## Resource

You remember when the internet just handed everything over for free. Maps, music, random facts at three in the morning. Nobody asked who was really paying for it. Now AI is flipping the script. The same tools that save time and think alongside people are starting to ask for money. So was free always a trap? Or have we just never considered what it costs to pay for our own intelligence? On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushun

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