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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago (5 children)

They'll reclassify it as a necessary utility like water or power and tax more subsidies for paying billionaires even more from public coffers before admitting it's mostly just search engines & corporate social media eating their own tail.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

they are very adept at doing a negative cash flow.

[–] raven55six@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

That is so true, bringing $40 Billion a year with about $80 Billion as expenses makes OpenAI indeed in a red zone. They should consider shutting down so that we can have some level of relief from AI slop.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

at this point a granny selling eggs is more profitable

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Waiter, please bring me 1,000 of your finest shares of WinRAR! I'm going to be rich, I tell you! Quite!

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If AI could really make your business so much more efficient that it makes up for the cost of paying for AI... Why doesn't Google just run your business themselves? They could make even more money than you do.

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