Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
There are many critiques that people have made about the AI industry: privacy, piracy, electricity and water usage, hallucinations, and more. Leslie focuses on one aspect he doesn’t understand at all: Where does the money come from? Each AI datacentre costs tens of billions to build - hundreds of billions have been spent across the industry. And answering each question, or generating each image, sound, or video - is also very expensive. Hardly any consumers, and very few companies, are paying for AI services. If they’re not profitable, and there’s no clear path to become so, why are the market capitalizations of AI firms so high?
Leslie asks these questions, and more, in his latest diatribe.
Opinions in this bonus episode are Leslie’s alone, and are not shared by others on the Podcast for Inquiry team or the Centre for inquiry Canada.
Podcast for Inquiry is hosted by Leslie Rosenblood and brought to you by the Centre for Inquiry Canada. Join today! Produced by Zack Dumont, Martin Zielinski, and Leslie Rosenblood. Support Podcast for Inquiry on Patreon: patreon.com/PodcastforInquiry. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@centreforinquiry.ca.
There are many critiques that people have made about the AI industry: privacy, piracy, electricity and water usage, hallucinations, and more. Leslie focuses on one aspect he doesn’t understand at all: Where does the money come from? Each AI datacentre costs tens of billions to build - hundreds of billions have been spent across the industry. And answering each question, or generating each image, sound, or video - is also very expensive. Hardly any consumers, and very few companies, are paying for AI services. If they’re not profitable, and there’s no clear path to become so, why are the market capitalizations of AI firms so high?
Leslie asks these questions, and more, in his latest diatribe.
Opinions in this bonus episode are Leslie’s alone, and are not shared by others on the Podcast for Inquiry team or the Centre for inquiry Canada.
Podcast for Inquiry is hosted by Leslie Rosenblood and brought to you by the Centre for Inquiry Canada. Join today! Produced by Zack Dumont, Martin Zielinski, and Leslie Rosenblood. Support Podcast for Inquiry on Patreon: patreon.com/PodcastforInquiry. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@centreforinquiry.ca.
