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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean if you were an economist you’d know exactly why AI companies are making massive profits

They are literally not making massive profits. They may be making lyin' Sam Altman rich, but the VC money is drying up and OpenAI has repayments coming up in 2027 that it doesn't have a chance in hell of being able to payback.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/brokenomics/

[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, hardware companies (Nvidia) are making massive profits. The rest, no.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but they aren't an "AI company". They are a hardware company that is propping up AI companies to keep them buying (and warehousing) GPUs via circular financing.