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OpenAI is so cooked and I'm all here for it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

so when was youtube profitable?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Youtube wasn't burning billions per year and it's also pretty much the primary entity for video for the whole world which has other benefits for google. Finally Youtube can be monetized through adverts, since storage and bandwidth costs are relatively low. Whereas GenAI's compute costs aren't.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can't they put ads into the responses?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

If they could, they would have already.

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

x doubt

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

An ad before and after every single question you ask chatgpt? Worth a shot, I guess !

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I don't think Youtube was ever profitable, to be honest.