--- title: You’re not going to like what AI becomes after July 12th. description: A provocative opinion piece arguing that Claude Fable's shift to pay-per-token pricing marks a major inflection point in AI — comparable in significance to the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-not-going-to-like-what-ai-becomes-after-july-12th--h10jp0omx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You’re not going to like what AI becomes after July 12th. | daily.dev og:description: A provocative opinion piece arguing that Claude Fable's shift to pay-per-token pricing marks a major inflection point in AI — comparable in significance to the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-not-going-to-like-what-ai-becomes-after-july-12th--h10jp0omx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H10jP0OmX.png og:image:alt: You’re not going to like what AI becomes after July 12th. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/H10jP0OmX) # [You’re not going to like what AI becomes after July 12th.](https://api.daily.dev/r/H10jP0OmX "Go to post") This title could be clearer and more informative. Try out Clickbait Shield for free (5 uses left this month). A provocative opinion piece arguing that Claude Fable's shift to pay-per-token pricing marks a major inflection point in AI — comparable in significance to the 2017 Transformer paper and ChatGPT's 2023 launch. The author warns that power users are being gradually conditioned to accept increasingly unfavorable terms, like a frog slowly boiled in water, and that most users aren't prepared for where this trajectory leads. [#llm](/tags/llm "Check all #llm posts")[#claude](/tags/claude "Check all #claude posts") Jul 07 • 1m read time • From [michalmalewicz.medium.com](https://api.daily.dev/r/H10jP0OmX "michalmalewicz.medium.com") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/H10jP0OmX "Go to post") 1 Repost Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post Share this post [](https://daily.dev/sources/unknown) [unknown](https://daily.dev/sources/unknown "https://daily.dev/sources/unknown") 2 Followers • 3 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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