Mark Cuban: AI agents cost $100K+/year, won't replace workers yet

Mark Cuban called the high cost of AI agents the "smartest counter" to predictions that AI will replace large numbers of workers. He responded to All-In podcast investors who revealed AI agents can cost over $300/day ($100K+ annually), with Chamath Palihapitiya warning he'd "run out of money" at those rates. Cuban argued that humans still have a "far greater capacity to know the outcomes of their actions" than agents, using the analogy that a toddler knows a sippy cup dropped from a high chair will fall, but AI lacks this basic situational awareness.

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