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I think it's unlikely that AI efforts will go as railroads have. I think being an AI foundation model company is more like being an airplane builder than like a
by impossiblefork 1y ago
I think it's unlikely that AI efforts will go as railroads have. I think being an AI foundation model company is more like being an airplane builder than like a railway company, since you develop your technology.
- etblg 1y agoPlenty of those that similarly went bankrupt over the years, and now the USA mostly has Boeing that's reached a set of continual crises and being propped up by the government.
- impossiblefork 1y agoYes, of course, but they usually live for a long time. Boeing tries to compete with Airbus, where the engineers make maybe 70% of what they do in the US, and has upon that made some really bad decisions. Many aircraft companies are profitable.