this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2025
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[–] Jackie_meaiii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

When has "not profitable" ever stopped a tech startup lmao

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This 100% answers my question from another thread. These businesses have cooked the books so bad already that they thought this was gonna save them and it doubled down on em.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Sounds like they'll need a bailout, to preserve the economy.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good. Burn that thing to the ground.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Likely they'll try to sell it to governments, and with Elon Musk proposing goVeRNmeNt eFfIciEnCy, at least xAI can become somewhat profitable.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

So people are really believing Altman would publish these damning statements without ulterior motives? Are we seriously this gullible? Holy shit, we reached a critical mass of acephalous humans, no turning back now.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

He's actually saving us from AGI which will arrive and, I don't know - kill everyone? once OpenAI makes 100 trillion dollars.

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