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On the radio they mentioned that the total global chocolate market is ~100B, I googled it when I was home and it seems to be about ~135B. Apparently that is ... all chocolate, everywhere.. OpenAI's valuation is about 500B. Maybe going up to like 835B.

I'd love to see the rationale that OpenAI (not "AI" everywhere) is more valuable than chocolate globally.

... so crash early 2026?

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Wait, aren't you comparing revenue and market cap?

People take old things for granted often. Explains the Coolidge effect, and why plenty of people cheat.

yes. stock v flow error again ("company X cap bigger than country Y GDP" another all too common version).

Ignoring that those numbers aren't directly comparable, it did make me wonder, if I had to give up either "AI" or chocolate tomorrow, which would I pick?

Even as an enormous chocolate lover (in all three senses) who eats chocolate several times a week, I'd probably choose AI instead.

OpenAI has alternatives, but also I do spend more money on OpenAI than I do on chocolate currently.

I am just trying to help you write better. Your writing says "if I had to give up either AI or chocolate [...] I would probably choose AI". However, your language and intent seems to be that you would give up chocolate.

If you really wanted to know you could stop eating chocolate or stop using ai and see if you break. Or do both at different times and see how long you last without one or the other.

It’s a bit of a weird comparison, AI vs a luxury sweet.

Maybe instead of the chocolate market, look at the global washing machine market of $65 billion.

I’d rather give up both AI and chocolate than my washing machine.

I love AI, and ChatGPT has been transformative for me. But would I give it up for chocolate? I honestly don't think I could.

I spend a lot more time using AI for work than I do eating chocolate

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