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Is AI Profitable Yet? (isaiprofitable.com)
submitted 1 month ago by VibeSurgeon@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Spoiler: no

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[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think they're hoping AI will eventually get smart enough to make itself do stuff. Sorta like a fusion reactor: you get it jump started with billions of taxpayer money, and eventually it will start spitting out hundred dollar bills!

  • Step 1: Destroy the environment with millions of unnecessary datacenters.
  • Step 2: ???
  • Step 3: Profit!
[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Step 2: after the bubble pops buy everything for pennies on the dollar. repurpose AI and datacenters for extremely invasive surveillance network and sell data and services to totalitarian governments

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Dude, just buy a printer! /j