CEOs think on a quarterly basis, exclusively. Any problems that result are next quarter’s problem!

If you are thinking, “gee whiz, that seems like an insane and deeply unsustainable idea,” you would be right.

Yeah. And AWS was supposed to replace on-prem hosting. Except, now, they represent a higher opex cost than even payroll.

I see no reason why OpenAI isn’t just charging peanuts for service to build a gigantic user base who can’t think without it, then jacking the price up to whatever they want — and I can assure you, if Sam Altman has the option to become an immortal trillionaire, he will take it.