If you make something that's as smart as a sloppy intern and costs ten thousand dollars an hour to run, you're not going to make any money off of it.

But if you make something that's as smart as a sloppy intern and costs even a small amount less, you're making an unbelievable amount of money off it.

Are you sure you wouldn't just lower the market price for an intern and the intern would still be at least at the same price?

Also an intern gains experience, while it's wage doesn't automatically.

Intern needs breaks and vacation days. AGI don’t

When our main comparison is cost per work hour, that doesn't matter a whole lot.