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		tonyedgecombe on April 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is AI so popular when nobody wants it? Yet the AI companies are still spending far more money than they earn. Something doesn't add up here.

oytis on April 29, 2025 [–]

Growth phase aka market capture via price dumping. People wouldn't be using AI that much if it costed like what it takes to build and run one.

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