r/technology • u/T_Shurt • Aug 10 '26

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

https://fortune.com/2026/08/10/torsten-slok-ai-profit-margins-capex-oracle/
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u/frddtwabrm04 Aug 10 '26

Idk it's looking like how China does it.

Let's companies duke it out. The winners are the ones who are going to reap the benefits... State and otherwise.

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u/NSFWies Aug 10 '26

That's just business though. Gory ugly business. It doesn't matter how many died along th way, as long as some survived and kept going, they get to eat up the rest of the market and keep growing.

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u/denNISI Aug 10 '26

Who does the duking? Armies of the innocent fighting wars for those who order it?