Better Offline

Monologue: AI's Compute Demand Story Is A Lie

May 1, 2026·18 minsolotechnology
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The AI industry is a colossal financial bubble built on self-referential spending, where hyperscalers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google pour hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure while generating negligible returns — most of which comes from subsidizing just two companies: OpenAI a

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