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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 18 hours ago

Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers'

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Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers'

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 18 hours ago
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Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers' | Fortune
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The AI boom has turned the standard profit margin model on its head, according to Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok—and it’s making the industry’s growth unsustainable.
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    And then who buys the products 🫠

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      Exchange still occurs globally and amongst the upper class.

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        The upper class doesn’t buy anything but stocks.

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      They buy products from each other, and shut out more and more people if society.

      You see the homeless drug addict on the street? They want more of that.

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        They buy products from each other and shut themselves from society.

        Which is not a bad outcome.

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      Just imagine a world in which the only products manufactured are exclusively chasing the dollars of wealthy investors. So like yachts, custom giant statues, kill drone perimeters, etc.

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      When we only have white cishet billionaires, we can abolish money.

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        Don’t forget about the other big players! Jensen Hwang, Lisa Su, Lip-Bu Tan, Satya Nadella, plus the memory cartel (Samsung, SK Hynix, etc.)

        This particular war is a class war.

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        Without the carrot there’s only the stick…

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