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Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Susan Collins runs the Senate Appropriations Committee. A defense company secretly gave her $150,000. She took the money and voted to change the Pentagon budget. And we have the evidence.
20·5 hours agoopen bribery… exactly what would be expected after citizens united… yet Americans continue to be asleep at the wheel
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
1·1 day agothat’s larger then coca cola, that’s larger then Salesforce and every other software company except Microsoft. That’s 5x growth on $10b , that is unheard of in the software industry, much less any other industry.
and you only need the to double it (the full 100 billions} to make a profit lol…
IDK what to tell you if you don’t believe the numbers, yes they aren’t official but every credible source is pointing to massive revenue growth
define “credible”
Also do you think they would cook the books to that extent if they are still going ahead with an IPO? Fabricating $50b in revenue would hurt an IPO once it’s found out way more then some temporary hype from a NYT article.
the ipo they are already postponing for “safety”?
https://fortune.com/2026/09/12/sam-altman-openai-ipo-delay-ill-advised-moment-safety-concerns/
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/anthropic-ipo-delayed-openai-expects-massive-cash-burn/
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
1·2 days agoPeople are adopting the current models, mostly coders right now.
Models are being push down people’s throats, mostly to coders right now… there FIFY
Most people using LLMs are using them for basic information search, ie. Google AI overviews. Those tasks don’t require the top models and don’t burn that many tokens so the companies keep them free to get the public exposed to AI.
Again, this is forced, you literally cannot perform a google search (or bing) without getting some AI results whether you want it or not. Then AI companies, like you, use this to pretend it’s actual demand for their products
… All of that equates to large bills for token spend to anthropic or open AI
If 3% of people generate the cost the AI companies cannot keep to the prices they charge, then this is the definition of an unprofitable business
This is why both open AI and anthropic are both seeing extremely high revenue growth. Anthropic ended 2025 with $9b in revenue , they are now on track to hit $100b revenue this year
No, this is what they ARE CLAIMING THEY WILL REACH. Last year, Altman said it was ridiculous that people were saying they generated $12 billion in revenue… just to then show it was less than that. Now they are delaying their IPO which means the books stay closed for another while longer
THAT IS INSANE, no software company has ever seen that kind of growth
Again you are just drinking the koolaid here (not counting all the anecdotal evidence you now apply to all of Silicon Valley). The truth is that whatever revenue they actually have (or claim, “trust me bro”), you can’t even know if half of it comes from new investments, creative accounting or selling off assets, you just assume it is more people demanding more of their services and paying through the nose for it even if they have barely showed any tangible results in real life https://fortune.com/2026/08/22/executives-ai-productivity-layoffs-study/
but if they even double there revenue next year that could change.
Oh that’s it? just double the already inflated revenue they are reporting without any evidence? of course!!! and all I need to fly is to grow some wings, that’s it, it’s really that simple
Hawaians: 🍍
Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada… by a Greek guy
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
1·3 days agoif that were true, and the current models were actually good, there would be wide adoption of the current models while people wait for the next leap… instead, you get glimpses of the terrible numbers like 3% of user base is actually paying for these things
maybe we torture our analogies to death but you make it sound like they have the formula for coca cola but instead of selling that, they are burning cash trying to find an even better formula
when the reality is that they have something that is technically drinkable and not officially poison and they are selling it like the next elixir of life (while they burn cash trying to catch up to their own hype)
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Chinese press allowed in White House today but not MS NOW, CNN and Politico
11·3 days agoThe Friday after work to ensure no economic activity is disrupted event?
This missed the mark just as holding a pool party with no pool and mandatory trench coats for all attendees
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
11·3 days agoyeah? so a model trained in 2 year old data is just as good? as a model trained today?
If you decide the recipe is good enough and stop doing that research you can still make money making and selling ice cream.
So they are just choosing to lose money? they have a perfectly good, profitable product but they choose to lose money… ok bud
Your point only makes sense if we agree the current models are still not good enough to make a profitable product and thus, they need to keep pushing
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Chinese press allowed in White House today but not MS NOW, CNN and Politico
43·3 days agosure… but also shitty excuses are just that.
I have heard the following shitty excuses:
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It’s never been done. That does not preclude anything from being done the first time
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USA is too big. A strike means people stop working, ideally yes they show up somewhere to make it visible but you do not need to be anywhere specific for that. Everybody can strike in their own town
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Re doing something small like boycotting Meta/Google: it will do nothing.
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Re doing anything that requires any sacrifice: I am not willing to be DIE for this.
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Re doing anything civil like writing to congress: they will just not care.
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Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Chinese press allowed in White House today but not MS NOW, CNN and Politico
69·3 days agoHow many pedophile presidents have you had before this one?
There is always a first time for anything bud
Of course, you can just keep listing excuses instead of actually doing anything for your own country… that is always an option
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
6·3 days agoWell unless they have reach a level where training is not needed (which will be never for an LLM), what you told me is that you make a profit freezing ice cream but lose it on the eggs, cream and sugar necessary to make it
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Chinese press allowed in White House today but not MS NOW, CNN and Politico
3312·3 days ago… and Americans still won’t even entertain the notion of a national strike as their country is flushed down the toilet
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
50·3 days agoLOL Love the (accurate) JIRA inclusion there
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•While everyone is trying to build a profitable business using AI, why can't AI companies make a profitable businesses using their own AI?
11·3 days ago-
The AI tech they peddle is impressive and has some uses; but it is nowhere near ready to live up to the hype they created in which you can just pay $10K a year for a license and get rid of a $250K employee
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The AI tech they sell for $10K a year, actually costs $20K to run and they know nobody would pay the full cost, let alone the cost + their profit margin
PS: those are made up numbers to answer the question, while not real numbers, they represent the points I am trying to make
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More death and suffering spread around by the American government
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•RFK, Jr. ‘looking at chemtrails,’ a debunked conspiracy theory | CNN
3·4 days agoThese people all seem to be some of the most maliciously stupid and/or unqualified that they could find
In my life, I have found that, the more ignorant someone is, the deeper their malice can get. We should really live in a society where being ignorant is as shameful as pooping your pants in public
The Lorax is real!
Jhex@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•DoJ backs Trump ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now, citing security concerns
52·4 days ago… and still Americans would not move a finger to start thinking about a general strike


I do see your point but the reality is that improving the flawed healthcare system through supercharged billing is like fixing your car with extra hard praying