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[FMX]

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.

 

[cormack12]

Create Game Pass
Create AI agents that play games
Bill AI for Game Pass subs
Profts for all

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

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.

 

[khuezy]

Create Game Pass
Create AI agents that play games
Bill AI for Game Pass subs
Profts for all

Why didn't Nutella make you the CEO of Xbox?

 

[DR3AM]

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

 

[RoboFu]

How about missing goals year after year.. that may have a tiny bit to do with it.

 

[PlayStaytion]

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.

 

[Fbh]

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.

 

[semiconscious]

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.

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

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...

 

[neocycle]

Nah. It's just Microsoft being Microsoft. They do not have top talent.

 

[Tams]

And yet their AI is the shitiest.

How Nadella hasn't been ousted, I don't know.

 

[ReBurn]

Everyone has a theory I guess.

 

[Crew511A]

Everyone has a theory I guess.

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.

 

[Loomy]

How about missing goals year after year.. that may have a tiny bit to do with it.

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.

 

[StereoVsn]

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.

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.

 

[StereoVsn]

And yet their AI is the shitiest.

How Nadella hasn't been ousted, I don't know.

Look at MS stock since he took over and that will get you the answer.

 

[semiconscious]

Look at MS stock since he took over and that will get you the answer.

yep. all else is irrelevant...

 

[CobraAB]

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.

A lot of dumb people in an industry that you would think are smart...