Oh no

[thenoid@brain.worm.pink]

@aaron @Richard_Littler in any normal context an industry would be making money before the entire economy is relying on it

[aaron@cutie.city]

@thenoid @Richard_Littler
This is true (though tech has always got out over its skis I think we can all agree).

[dusepo@toot.dusepo.co.uk]

@Richard_Littler Don't threaten me with a good time!

[datarama@hachyderm.io]

@aaron @Richard_Littler I work in an electronics company which is doing quite well, and neither has nor needs hundreds of billions in revenue.

(The trick is not having hundreds of billions in costs.)

[thenoid@brain.worm.pink]

@aaron @Richard_Littler yeah hopefully that bubble pops or they replace it with a less damaging bubble

[aaron@cutie.city]

@datarama @Richard_Littler
Yes, sorry I should have been clearer: money in (from actual sales) being more than money out.

[gadgetgav@mas.to]

@Richard_Littler Who could have predicted that a business where the more compute they turn on the more money they lose wouldn’t be sustainable?
I hope this is where the bubble bursts regardless of what it does to the market and the economy.

[clintruin@mastodon.social]

@Richard_Littler
"JUST IN: Anthropic CEO says AI companies need hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt"

[workshopshed@mastodon.scot]

@Richard_Littler just got this message on my fax

[snaptophobic@mastodon.me.uk]

@Workshopshed @Richard_Littler

Fax‽ You mean you didn’t get a telex?

[ox1de@cyberplace.social]

@Richard_Littler hey now, buddy!!
The pager comment was too far.

[beltliner403@mastodon.online]

@clintruin @Richard_Littler
“Oh, no! Anyway…”

https://tenor.com/bSa7g.gif

[katalogeur@mastodon.social]

@Richard_Littler
I'll go spread the news to all of my friends on Geocities and UseNet!

[slowtiger@berlin.social]

@Richard_Littler
Thx for the reminder!

I was without luck searching for a short film from the 80's in Google and Bing, but Altavista/Yahoo got it right with the first hit.

[drewph@ieji.de]

@Richard_Littler

[isaackuo@spacey.space]

@Richard_Littler The future of all businesses everywhere is Betamaxing. All businesses must force users to maximize usage of Betamax or be fired. All e-mails must be recorded onto Betamax and then watched on Betmax VCRs. Or you will be fired.

No reusing tapes either. You are fired if you don't produce a large enough pile of discarded single used Betamax tapes.

[phillycodehound@indieweb.social]

@Richard_Littler Honestly. Let them go Bankrupt. Probably for the better.

[micron@mastodon.social]

@Richard_Littler I wonder when the first AI dude stands up and states that they are so important now that they should be funded by tax money.

[cassandra_complex@beige.party]

@Richard_Littler
Why don't they just ask their AIs to solve their problem? They keep telling us it's the answer to all of our problems. Obviously it's time to get it to do what they say it does and lift them up by those Trump-issued bootstraps.

[sine_nomine@mstdn.social]

@Richard_Littler please give generously! Our capitalist model is in dire need of YOUR cash!
C'mon! You know we're worth it! We'll pay you back...promise!

Hey! techbro shitheads!
1. WE NEVER ASKED FOR AI!
2. NO ONE WANTS IT!
3. ITS NOT WORTH IT!
4. WE GOT BETTER THINGS TO USE WATER ON, LIKE DRINKING & AGRICULTURE!
5. ALL YOUR WASTED TECH IS BAD FOR THE PLANET!
6. FOR SO CALLED "SMART GUYS" YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKING DUMB!
7. JUST STOP!