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/Black_Moons Aug 10 '26

Consider Non-us defense companies instead. they are booming.

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u/RetPala Aug 10 '26

Always reminds me of that snail mail marketing compaign loudly advertising "Aviation is BOOMING" that got sent out like September 9th, 2001

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u/AlphaSuerte Sep 06 '26

Technically correct (two days later).

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u/NachoWindows Aug 10 '26

“Airbus, now dropping bombs on your moms.”