By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026There's lots of reasons to believe AI "hyperscalers" can never be profitable, and not just the gigantic expenditures and negative unit economics (the companies lose money on new customers and every use, and they lose more with each generation of their products): pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e... 515456
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 1304
Clarissa Oakes 🇺🇦 @clarissaoakes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New maxim required? When you owe the banks 1M$, you're in trouble When you owe the banks 1T$, you own the government (!!?? Shurely shum mishtake) 0235
MN Goofy @mngx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So, is the idea to skim investment cash before it all crashes.. Or is this a new kind of madness born of greed-lust.. too high on their own supply? 020
yulibear @yulibear.bsky.social · 16/09/2026They're betting that they'll be so powerful they won't have to be profitable 000