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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

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418 points speckx | 2 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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eldenring ◴[21 Aug 25 16:26 UTC] No.44974675[source]▶
This is how America ends up being ahead of the rest of world with every new technology breakthrough. They spend a lot of money, lose a lot of money, take risks, and then end up being too far for others to catch up.

Trying to claim victory against AI/US Companies this early is a dangerous move.

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vdupras ◴[21 Aug 25 16:37 UTC] No.44974815[source]▶
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1. onlypassingthru ◴[21 Aug 25 16:45 UTC] No.44974936[source]▶
Wasn't half of Napoleon's army gone by the time he reached Moscow?[0] It's the sunk cost fallacy writ large with dead bodies, no?

[0]https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Napoleon-march-graphic-C...

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2. vdupras ◴[21 Aug 25 16:49 UTC] No.44974999[source]▶
Certainly, and they lost the other half on the way home. On the way to Moscow, there was still something to look forward to. In Moscow, with no supply, dying like flies, all they had to look forward to was a long march through the Almighty Intense Winter, during which they'd be dying like flies too.