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		well_ackshually 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble q... You cannot just scale down the numbers and pretend like the world around you doesn't exist. There isn't much I'll do with 1 dollar. There's a shitload Microsoft could do with 10 000 000 000 dollars. Opportunity costs are a thing.

dangus 7 days ago [–]

There actually becomes a point where there’s not that many things you can do with your money when you have so much of it.

This is especially true when your investors/owners expect you to generate better returns than the risk-free rate.

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