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Microsoft's AI spending is the reason for the changes at Xbox.

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These tech companies are spending billions on AI but they are not getting anything in return. On top of that they are trying to outdo each other. Open AI is a scam. Brace yourselves because we haven't seen anything yet because these investors are expecting a return on their investment that probably won't be coming. Sam Altman is selling snake oil.
 
The issue with AI is people have invested 2.3 trillion dollars in something that is going to lead to poverty, so what is the point? none of these products or services they create will have a customer base as it's going to drive mass unemployment.
 
Why pay 2 hundred million and spend 5 years making a game when you can do the same if not better for $1 million and 7 days using AI
 
That sounds like more of securing managers/seniors jobs. That's the opposite of merit, cause it implies they don't care about how much money they make more than securing their roles.
 
MrAlwaysRight said:
The issue with AI is people have invested 2.3 trillion dollars in something that is going to lead to poverty, so what is the point? none of these products or services they create will have a customer base as it's going to drive mass unemployment.
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FMX said:
These tech companies are spending billions on AI but they are not getting anything in return. On top of that they are trying to outdo each other. Open AI is a scam. Brace yourselves because we haven't seen anything yet because these investors are expecting a return on their investment that probably won't be coming. Sam Altman is selling snake oil.
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unless the return on their investment was never about traditional, actual profit, but all about becoming 'too big to fail':

"Too big to fail" (TBTF) is a theory in banking and finance that asserts that certain corporations, particularly financial institutions, are so large and so interconnected with an economy that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and therefore should be supported by government when they face potential failure...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_big_to_fail
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in a finance-based economy, becoming too big to fail's the new epitome of success, & just about the entire western economy is now somehow leveraged on ai...
 
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RoboFu said:
How about missing goals year after year.. that may have a tiny bit to do with it.
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Between this and the crying over Bluepoint, it's honestly astounding how many people are missing the very simple fact that if you do not deliver, you don't get to keep going. Unless your name is Matt Booty, apparently.

Xbox has been a black hole in an otherwise profitable portfolio for Microsoft, and Bluepoint reached higher than they were apparently able to reach.
 
FMX said:
These tech companies are spending billions on AI but they are not getting anything in return. On top of that they are trying to outdo each other. Open AI is a scam. Brace yourselves because we haven't seen anything yet because these investors are expecting a return on their investment that probably won't be coming. Sam Altman is selling snake oil.
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That is true to an extent. Free cash flow is an issue this year hence the firings and cuts. MS is spending like $200 billion in 2026 on AI data centers.
 
FMX said:
These tech companies are spending billions on AI but they are not getting anything in return. On top of that they are trying to outdo each other. Open AI is a scam. Brace yourselves because we haven't seen anything yet because these investors are expecting a return on their investment that probably won't be coming. Sam Altman is selling snake oil.
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A lot of dumb people in an industry that you would think are smart...
 
These models are the result of billions of dollars in investment, and god damn they can't even read at an eighth grade level when tasked with reading text from a screenshot. I'll take a screengrab of 6 lines of black text on a white background and way too often they will screw it up. Then when you try to point out the error by copying and pasting the exact text, they will attempt to gaslight you into believing it knew what it said all along. It's maddening.
 
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StereoVsn said:
Look at MS stock since he took over and that will get you the answer.
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All about the monies.

Tim Cook at Apple has been living off Steve Jobs creation (iPhone) for over his reign of 14 years. What really besides the Apple Watch has happened under his watch? Earphones and a super high price headset. Apple silicon started under Jobs as well.. Apples foray into AI has been atrocious.
 
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They probably plotting to use their AI to inflate things around. Or maybe use it to release patches to fix games automatically or simply monitoring/recording people during their playthrough.
 
Crew511A said:
It seems Microsoft just makes one bad decision after another. I'm not sure why they don't just pull the plug on their hardware division at this point.
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They may eventually, but if they're dedicated to game pass they're going to have to provide hardware to support it. Cloud delivery won't be enough.
 
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