Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide.

  • floo@retrolemmy.com
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    16 days ago

    That might work. But the real way to kill it is to make it suddenly and extremely unprofitable. It’ll die in a matter of seconds if that is the case.

    • ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Is it profitable? My understanding was that the majority of companies are burning capital trying to figure out a way to make it profitable.

      Is that wrong?

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        15 days ago

        It’s profitable in that it gives investors a giant pit to shovel money into. OpenAI has never ever turned a profit on its product, not even when accounting for the $200/mo subscription levels. The only way they look like they’re profitable is by getting huge amounts of investor money.