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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago

They're discovering that this iteration of robots are way more expensive than human beings. Even well-paid, well-benefitted human beings. Data centers burn through a lot of expensive microchips quickly, and that cost is passed downstream to compute costs.

The hyperscalers are way under-charging for tokens and are hemorrhaging money, even as they borrow more for the data center buildout.

(I anticipate this desperation is what is driving the shenanigans and foul play regarding permitting and environment maintenence issues driving districts to moratorium buildout in their area. athe finance sector is notorious for overplaying their valuation and then turning to crime when they've borrowed over their head.)

Maybe as a society, we'll learn to treat financial fraud as severe as it is, instead of deciding it's too complicated to govern.

this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2026
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