Eli the Computer Guy states that the math for AI company valuations does not add up, comparing it to 'two plus two equal a trillion dollars.'
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Eli the Computer Guy believes the AI industry is currently in a bubble, characterized by increasingly strange business plans for AI companies.
To justify their current valuations, AI companies in the US need either a trillion dollars in incremental revenue from new products or massive labor market destruction to create cost savings for clients within the next 5 years.
Eli the Computer Guy compares the current AI situation to a Ponzi scheme, where the deeper one gets into the financial fraud, the harder it becomes to exit without making victims whole.
Eli the Computer Guy believes that if a resource like AI tokens is basically free, people will find the least efficient ways to use them.
Eli the Computer Guy questions the trillion-dollar valuation of AI companies because if input tokens cost 40 cents per million, the required revenue generation to justify such a valuation is immense.