Post AxW1DtlrDC9eIyaP32 by grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #AxVhXN9SCYSPqWdEHY by mcc@mastodon.social
       2025-08-24T21:40:24Z
       
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       People who have a background in tech keep intuiting that "AI" cannot survive because it is being sold "at a loss" on such a big scale, and consumers would probably not use it if meant paying its true cost.I think the flaw in this reasoning is it overlooks the most plausible route to profitability for "AI": Governments will simply give "AI" firms money, paid for with taxation.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-peter-kyle-chatgpt-plus-openai-sam-altman( Link via @Firesphere )
       
 (DIR) Post #AxW1DtlrDC9eIyaP32 by grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange
       2025-08-25T03:07:27Z
       
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       @mcc @Firesphere yeah unsustainable business models have been propped for years and years.  Uber wasn't profitable until 4 full years after IPO
       
 (DIR) Post #AxW1DujlcS4pImcFQe by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
       2025-08-25T03:21:09.258755Z
       
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       @grumpasaurus @mcc @Firesphere yeah the whole silicon valley VC model runs on unprofitability, if you are profitable you are not growing fast enough.