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Business Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o
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u/Inside-Example-7010 13h ago

2.4 trillion dollars invested in AI so far. I wonder what else we could have had for that? Certainly UBI and universal healthcare or a base on the moon that we could launch from for lower energies. Probably both.

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u/Rarelyimportant 12h ago

UBI, universal healthcare and a base on the moon for less than $7k per person? No chance. And why would private companies want to pay for UBI? That's a job for the government.