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by idiotsecant 6 hours ago
How do these AI companies turn profitable on a short enough timescale for that to make sense? Suppose a step change AI model comes out tomorrow with good enough reasoning to basically replace an employee. Businesses need to retool workflows and processes to accommodate, even if it's better. This is years away, not months. There's not enough market for the compute. And that all assumes science fiction level results, which there is absolutely no indication they will achieve.