Hello and welcome to today’s episode. AI Agents Are Too Cheap for Our Own Good explores how we’ve hit a strange tipping point: powerful AI assistants that can write code, draft emails, or even manage your calendar now cost next to nothing. As entrepreneur Luke Arrigoni points out, “AI tools that write better code than he did back then cost just $120 annually.” That’s a fraction of what we spend on electricity, software licenses, or basic cloud services. When something is effectively free, we tend to waste it—spawning thousands of low-value tasks that chew up servers and drain energy. What started as a revolutionary boost in productivity risks becoming an environmental and economic nightmare. The article argues we need smarter pricing—dynamic usage fees, tiered plans, or even micro-taxes—to help us treat compute as a scarce resource again. Because when we pay a price that reflects real costs, we’re more likely to use AI wisely. That’s all for today—thanks for listening.
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