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@mcsweeneys.net

"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it a modest 10% productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1000% productivity gain." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...

mcsweeneys.netAI Economics for Dummies“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

16/7/26, 2:07 pm164 reposts456 likes

@comic-cat.bsky.social

This is also why you employ 9 Women to deliver a Baby in a Month.

@drebob1586.bsky.social

That's perfect. @edzitron.com

sadly this is both wrong and cringe

@drebob1586.bsky.social

Really, I thought you'd get a kick out of it seeing as it's a humorous take on the nonsensical economics of the AI "business."