The AI delusion says ‘we’re all going to get rich quick’
There’s a staggering gap between what tech companies are making from selling AI and the likely costs of running it.
Venture capitalists have a professional obligation to be optimistic, but David Cahn, a partner at the storied US fund Sequoia Capital, has spotted a $US500 billion ($763 billion) hole in the year’s biggest economic narrative: AI.
That figure is the gap between the AI revenue being generated each year – which Cahn puts at about $US75 billion – and the staggering sums businesses are investing in buying, operating and ultimately trying to profit from AI chips.
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