• endless_nameless@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Depends. Are they still making negative money with it? If so, then I’m gonna say no.

    It’s kind of like robbing a bank, killing everyone inside, then running out without taking anything, dropping your wallet in the process

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      18 hours ago

      The whole business model of tech startups is to lose money until you cornered the market and make unfathomable amounts of money. By the time you realize „well shit, it really was the biggest heist in history“ it‘s already too late. They are too powerful to be punished for it. So this definition of yours plays right into their cards. The only saving grace here is that AI will never be profitable. But people said the same thing about Youtube and now it looks like Google might swallow Disney soon.

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          1 hour ago

          Oh they do. Idiots on fb messenger using ai to edit pictures for thrblolz. They are customers.

          So many dumb people love AI.

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        8 hours ago

        I think we’re past profitable mattering at this point, even if the next model of chatGPT causes your eyes to bleed after prolonged use they’ll make it profitable by forcing its use anywhere and everywhere no matter how inappropriate it is for any given application.

        We’re already there with some products like cars and phones where we just get told what to want and ignored if we disagree.

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      17 hours ago

      So, something is only theft if it is profitable?

      That’s a wonderfully liberating new definition.

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          4 hours ago

          Ok chief. Because it really reads like you just said that in the comment above.

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            4 hours ago

            You know, I remember not too long ago when people on Lemmy tried to interpret each other charitably. Then everyone from Reddit came over, polluting the culture, and now practically every exchange on here feels like it’s in bad faith.

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              2 hours ago

              Your account is 2 months old.

              You called me “dense”.

              Not really in a position to opine there.

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        13 hours ago

        Yeah, let’s just take the Mona Lisa and shread it.

        Can’t be stealing if I don’t make money from it, right?