Turns out AI is expensive… who knew? Giving it away for free was a predatory trap to create dependency. Now that they’ve captured enough market share they can try to cover their costs. The interesting question will be if it’s even even possible for them to turn a profit without a cartel or massive government subsidies.

Ah yes, more corporate incest between direct competitors. Market consolidation is just what we need.

Sorry do you think data centers actually provide meaningful jobs? Oh boy, 10 whole openings for security guards

And couple hundred for the specialists.

Ah yes, the great evil of sugar… which our bodies require for energy. Seriously, your brain needs glucose. Ask a diabetic if sugar is evil

This is not the first time I’ve seen this, and it’s misleading. Your brain needs glucose, as does the rest of your body. You do not need to eat glucose, your body can synthesize it from non-glucose sources. You can absolutely survive on a diet with 0 glucose.

I don’t have an issue with people eating sugar, but it is not a necessary nutrient.

Does your brain necessarily *need* HFCS/sucrose, or will it work with wholegrain diet, fruits, vegetables, legumes?

It just seems that you're arguing that without added, pure sugar in drinks/foods your body and brain would break down, but that would be factually incorrect*

*unless you're also suffering from some exceedingly rare genetic conditions affecting certain metabolic paths but it's unlikely you'd live to tell the story.

when people talk about sugar in the unhealthy context, they are referring to things like how a single can of dr. pepper has 40-50 grams of sugar in it.

You mean, like hyperglycemia?

Are you diabetic? If you aren't diabetic, your body can manage its own sugar.

Why do you need a commercial service to do that? Gambling isn’t bad inherently, but for-profit gambling companies have too many perverse incentives

Yep. This would be like saying illegal dumping of hazardous waste is the same as protesting environmental protection laws. It’s just for-profit crime.

Same goes for every Meta employee then no? They built a defective product that led to kids killing themselves

Not true, they lobbied very hard to be regulated under the CFTC because of its more relaxed rules

Wouldn’t that make insider trading virtually corporate espionage?

What was the last corporate-espionage conviction in America?

Great question for google. 30 seconds of effort would indicate it’s within the last couple years