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Re:Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows AI vision, surging costs by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:45AM (#49889141)
> Such a business already exists - airlines

Also computers. DEC and IBM and Gateway and whatever didn't extract the economic benefits of digitization. Even Apple extracts a vanishing fraction of the economic benefits the iPhone has created.

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Re:Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows AI vision, surging costs by Panzer04 on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:37AM (#49892156)
Well, you can extract all the value created using your tools and inventions, because then no one would have any incentive to use them to create value.

They try to get around this by charging you more after you've invested in your tools, but even then you can only go so far (though it's astonishing how far the big guys have managed to get regardless)

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