Could do without it burning the planet

  • CombatWombat@feddit.online
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    1 month ago

    If AI companies were “burning cash” that would significantly increase the amount of total circulating money. “Burning cash” in this context means “spending money very quickly,” and that is the definition of circulating money. The fact that the AI companies are not burning cash, but instead signing complicated deals passing around promissory notes for future revenues, is what makes it look like a capital strike.

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      1 month ago

      What if “burning cash” wasn’t a metaphor? The grift collects cash. Then there is a pit surrounded by stones and a significant pyre?