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Mx. Eddie R (silvermoon82@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 01:30:45 JST Mx. Eddie R

RE: https://wandering.shop/@silvermoon82/116120862290074206
I think I figured it out halfway through writing this reply.
LLMs are 100% not sustainable. It costs more to make and run one than it will ever generate in revenue; just running it costs more than they'll ever be able to charge for it.
But! We have a precedent! Oil, at least Canadian oilsands oil, can't be made profitably. The solution, because we are an oil dependent civilisation, is unlimited government subsidy.
If they make everything dependent on LLMs, then govs will *have* to pay!
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  @cwebber@social.coop I just hope the bubble bursts while it's still practical to resist. Once the unlimited investment dries up, most or all of the cloud LLM services will disappear, but if that happens after complete industry capture we are 100% boned. We'll end up with unlimited government subsidy like we have with brown energy.

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