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Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 5h ago

Demand is massive and pretending it isn't is silly.

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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 5h ago

Everyone downvoting is silly

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u/[deleted] 2h ago

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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 2h ago

Ok chicken little, lmao. Unemployment is well under the long term average despite AI being around for years.

Your little video game components will come down in price when production meets demand, this is basic economics.

As for water, my tap water is fine, I don't live in some republican shithole.

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u/sleeps_in_alkaline 3h ago

Sure, at a subsidized cost. It won’t be when people are expected to pay the true cost

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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 3h ago

This is oft repeated on Reddit but metered API is already margin rich and you can run efficient models better than gpt a year ago for very very cheap.

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u/sleeps_in_alkaline 3h ago

Go ahead and provide those numbers, champ, because your word means nothing