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You Are a "Meat Proxy": Why OpenAI’s $278B Cash Burn Proves the Cloud Is a Scam

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Take a good look at your workstation setup. If you stripped away your credentials, your SSH keys, and your company Slack, what are you to modern cloud infrastructure? According to an autonomous systems paper that leaked into tech discussions this week, the industry already has an architectural clas…

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    You Are a "Meat Proxy": Why OpenAI’s $278B Cash Burn Proves the Cloud Is a Scam

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