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If Uber could take 14 years to turn a profit, why can't OpenAI get a similarly long leash?
by spaceman_2020 3y ago
If Uber could take 14 years to turn a profit, why can't OpenAI get a similarly long leash?
- outside1234 3y agoBecause we are all hopefully wiser now after that debacle
- ShrigmaMale 3y agothe scaling effects and deflationary nature of technology are much better-established than those of humans driving large, expensive cars.
- _ea1k 3y agoI tend to think that the real debacle is that people think it is a debacle whenever a business takes a long time to reach profitability. I bet a lot of great innovation has been held back by the focus on short term returns.
- HardlyCurious 3y agoYou didn't play monopoly much growing I guess. Winning in capitalism is all about securing position. From there, leveraging profits isnt hard.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoInterest rates.
- fooker 3y agoThey are not borrowing from a bank. Microsoft can fund them interest free as long as they want if there's a slim chance of OpenAI being useful to MS for one upping Google a few more times.
- candiddevmike 3y agoI wish I could figure out how to be a beneficiary of a trillionaire pissing match.
- fooker 3y agoBet on the winner and buy stocks?
- littlestymaar 3y agoBecause interest rates were in a completely different league by then.
- kridsdale3 3y agoCompletely different industry and business model.