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Re:Microsoft's folds losses from OpenAI into $4.7B expense l... by thfuran on Monday October 27, 2025 @08:34AM (#45720284)
Why not do both if you have unlimited capital today?
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Re:Microsoft's folds losses from OpenAI into $4.7B expense l... by alangibson on Monday October 27, 2025 @10:11AM (#45721229)
Because you don't have unlimited attention
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Re:Microsoft's folds losses from OpenAI into $4.7B expense l... by thfuran on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:07AM (#45732377)
But people have attention now, and it's surely quicker to make sexy mode than God.
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Re:Microsoft's folds losses from OpenAI into $4.7B expense l... by Yossarrian22 on Monday October 27, 2025 @08:48AM (#45720441)
Do they also have infinite labor?
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Re:Microsoft's folds losses from OpenAI into $4.7B expense l... by nativeit on Monday October 27, 2025 @08:57AM (#45720513)
Isn’t the whole point of AI to replace labor? If they really want to put their money where their mouth is, they’d be casting off staff at a prodigious rate.
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