Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock Under all the bluster of AI hype lies a real conundrum: companies are charging out-of-this-world prices for a tool that still can’t match the value of a competent human. As AI companies and their financial backers continue to dump billions of dollars into AI development, the consequences of that basic contradiction are spilling out into offices and shops throughout the US. The fintech fir