Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by InspiredIdiot 1638 days ago
Agreed. It could easily not be an either/or thing. If you look at how services are charged today they always try to extract maximal value. So I doubt that it will just be "while you're engineering my child could you please make them better in every way for no additional cost to me?" The provider will have a premium package even if it costs them more to _not_ do it for market segmentation purposes. Look at Intel disabling parts of otherwise functional CPUs for an example. Given that, if people have the choice I think they will value looks more and be more willing to pay for those so unless intelligence is actually cheaper they won't choose it.