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bucolic_frolic

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1. Prediction: Less than 10 AI providers will survive by 2035-40.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 10:46 AM

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There will be sunk costs that no one can walk away from. Energy capacity will be part of that.

Did every auto maker survive? Every tractor maker? Computer, appliance maker?

There's a thirst for learning from AI right now. Won't always be that way.

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