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Richard Littler

Oh no.
I'm going to search Netscape and AltaVista for ways to help. I'll set up funding pages on MySpace and Friends Reunited. And I'll video a charity appeal on Betamax, convert it to Laserdisc, then send out copies that can only be watched on 3D-Ready TVs. I'll page you with more details ASAP.

@Richard_Littler
I don't mean to be rude to the man, but isn't that literally how every fucking company works?

pizza terrorist reloaded 1d ago

@aaron @Richard_Littler in any normal context an industry would be making money before the entire economy is relying on it

@thenoid @Richard_Littler
This is true (though tech has always got out over its skis I think we can all agree).

pizza terrorist reloaded 1d ago

@aaron @Richard_Littler yeah hopefully that bubble pops or they replace it with a less damaging bubble

datarama 1d ago

@aaron @Richard_Littler I work in an electronics company which is doing quite well, and neither has nor needs hundreds of billions in revenue.

(The trick is not having hundreds of billions in costs.)

@datarama @Richard_Littler
Yes, sorry I should have been clearer: money in (from actual sales) being more than money out.

جوهانا دوسپو 1d ago

@Richard_Littler Don't threaten me with a good time!

GadgetGav 1d ago

@Richard_Littler Who could have predicted that a business where the more compute they turn on the more money they lose wouldn’t be sustainable?
I hope this is where the bubble bursts regardless of what it does to the market and the economy.

Kid Mania 1d ago

@Richard_Littler
"JUST IN: Anthropic CEO says AI companies need hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt"

William Hamilton 1d ago

@clintruin @Richard_Littler
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Workshopshed 1d ago

@Richard_Littler just got this message on my fax

Heather Kavanagh 1d ago

@Workshopshed @Richard_Littler

Fax‽ You mean you didn’t get a telex?

@Richard_Littler hey now, buddy!!
The pager comment was too far. 😜

katalogeur 1d ago

@Richard_Littler
I'll go spread the news to all of my friends on Geocities and UseNet!

slowtiger 1d ago

@Richard_Littler
Thx for the reminder!

I was without luck searching for a short film from the 80's in Google and Bing, but Altavista/Yahoo got it right with the first hit.

Drew 🇵🇭1d ago

@Richard_Littler

Isaac Ji Kuo 1d ago

@Richard_Littler The future of all businesses everywhere is Betamaxing. All businesses must force users to maximize usage of Betamax or be fired. All e-mails must be recorded onto Betamax and then watched on Betmax VCRs. Or you will be fired.

No reusing tapes either. You are fired if you don't produce a large enough pile of discarded single used Betamax tapes.

Seth of the Fediverse ⁂1d ago

@Richard_Littler Honestly. Let them go Bankrupt. Probably for the better.

@Richard_Littler I wonder when the first AI dude stands up and states that they are so important now that they should be funded by tax money.

Tanek Rune 1d ago

@Richard_Littler
Why don't they just ask their AIs to solve their problem? They keep telling us it's the answer to all of our problems. Obviously it's time to get it to do what they say it does and lift them up by those Trump-issued bootstraps.

✊🇵🇸Palestine🇵🇸Action✊1d ago

@Richard_Littler please give generously! Our capitalist model is in dire need of YOUR cash!
C'mon! You know we're worth it! We'll pay you back...promise!

Hey! techbro shitheads!
1. WE NEVER ASKED FOR AI!
2. NO ONE WANTS IT!
3. ITS NOT WORTH IT!
4. WE GOT BETTER THINGS TO USE WATER ON, LIKE DRINKING & AGRICULTURE!
5. ALL YOUR WASTED TECH IS BAD FOR THE PLANET!
6. FOR SO CALLED "SMART GUYS" YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKING DUMB!
7. JUST STOP!

@Richard_Littler The AI bubble isn't popping, it's just asking for another round of venture capital. 😂

an actual bus 1d ago

@Richard_Littler tower-of-babel-ass mfs lmao

Markie 🤸1d ago

@Richard_Littler can they already go bankrupt right now I can't wait anymore

Fireside-Trent 23h ago

@Richard_Littler - Yeh, without revenue a guy might go bankrupt. Wish I would have thought of that earlier. Please sir, could I have hundreds of billions in revenue? 😆

I am Jack's Found 404 23h ago

@Richard_Littler

🎻

victorvonvortex 23h ago

@Richard_Littler

He should try opening a restauarant.

Mastodon Migration 23h ago

@Richard_Littler

Don't worry, they have a plan. They are going to go public and collude with the bankers and index funds to suck it out of everyone's retirement savings just like SpaceX.

bitzero 23h ago

@Richard_Littler

Well, I have no issues with them AI guys going bankrupt.

We did know this already. It's written on many walls. It will happen for most of them (there's no market for them all) and just some will remain. Maybe offering tech someone is actually asking for.

Problem is, they'll try to unload their huge losses on the stock market, making poor investor and pension funds pay for their exit. Or worse, bailout with public money.

aproposnix 23h ago

@Richard_Littler op knows how to GenX :)

Martin Hamilton 🔜 EMF 23h ago

@Richard_Littler I hope someone remembers to let the Metaverse know about this

jesse.id 23h ago

@Richard_Littler I'd just switch to local inference for coding and just have it be slower and nearly as good. These companies are all doomed long term IMO.

@Richard_Littler

gofundme.com/anthropicceoplzplz

@jerrej @Richard_Littler
gofuckyerself.alt.man

Alopece 22h ago

@Richard_Littler Coincidence! I'm in the same position. So how does this work, I post my whine online and people mail me checks? Do I have to mess up my hair first?

karamazov1879 21h ago

@Richard_Littler As somebody said "May they rest in piss."#

cauZation 21h ago

@Richard_Littler That's what #AI gets for violating the rest of the vowels our Constitution 'guaranteed'. Now we're going to be in consonant Hell.

Xterminator 20h ago

@Richard_Littler Sell your homes! The billionaires have no money to fund their crazy AI Orwellian dream

@Richard_Littler
Celebrate good times, come on! 🎹🕺

Fuck 12 20h ago

@Richard_Littler no Teletype?

@Richard_Littler
Some of us are old enough to remember the dotcom bust in 2002...

Michkov 16h ago

@Richard_Littler Company needs to profitable to stay in business! More about this shocking revelation at 10.

Come On Giant Asteroid!16h ago

@Richard_Littler

If you find critical info, page him 911.

Bowreality 🇨🇦💪14h ago

@Richard_Littler Thoughts and prayers.