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This is exactly what I expect to happen, as the build out of these data centers makes no financial sense otherwise.

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I think it's very plausible. I think that eventually AI becomes commercially viable but the amount of capex requires it to become commercially viable sooner rather than later. People aren't going to wait 10 years for ROI

There is also the other consideration...private debt markets and banks would go down with the whole thing. A significant portion of the economy is tied at the hip to this bet in one way or another.

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McDonald’s.

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Then why are they voluntarily paying their employees more than 8 dollars an hour?

Do you know better than the local franchise owners?

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Be like Florida

We increased it from $10 to $15 . It also increases with inflation per year

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According to everyone here Florida is now communist

And more importantly how would you feel if the government bailed them out. The government does have an interest in United States based companies continuing to develop the latest and greatest in AI technology so it's not far fetched.

Companies like Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle all have strong enough businesses to survive if all of this capex doesn't provide a return and they can absorb the hit so to speak.

Companies like Anthropic and OpenAI by contrast have pretty much all of their eggs in one basket and are highly leveraged into this bet.

So if there is a government bail out between now and the end of Trump's second term does that change how you view his legacy? If this happens further down the road with another candidate will it define how you view their legacy?

There is one thing I'm fairly certain of. If the government bails out several of the key players in this industry it will not go over well with the general public. But that's not the question here. How would you react to such a development?

Businesses that are struggling are usually the cheap bastards that don't want to pay anyone

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My argument is that the free market works.

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Sometimes the free market works. Sometimes the free market crashes the whole economy.

So your argument against a 20 dollar an hour minimum wage is there is an entity that uses it by choice and produces better outcomes than competitors as a result? :lol:

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Do you think it should be against the law for a Muslim to be a US Senator?

JFC

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Not sure why you're shitting on the question. The responses so far have been yes.

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Yet you can’t link it or quote it. Hmmmm

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Why would someone need to link something for you that's in the OP?

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I asked first. You’re engaging with typical liberal projection. Why would he need to use the word “but” following his disavowal?

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You're making it more important than it needs to be based on context. Because you're a dishonest person.

School shootings are rare

Mothers killing the own children is rare but less rare than school shootings

School shootings get more publicity