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See that y-axis? **Those numbers are in billions.** Regardless of your opinions on AI, money talks—and corporations, especially the tech giants, are fluent in its prose. Big tech has mastered the art of spending money where it matters, which is why they've become the most successful corporations in history. They are the apex of Adam Smith's (unbearably dry) capitalist philosophy from [*The Wealth of Nations*](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations). Instead of speculating about whether AI is "a real thing", just follow the money. It paints a clear picture, for better or worse, AI—specifically [Generative AI](https://www.google.com/search?q=What+is+Generative+AI)—is here to stay.
See that y-axis? **Those numbers are in billions.** Regardless of your opinions on AI, money talks—and corporations, especially the tech giants, are fluent in its prose. Big tech has mastered the art of spending money where it matters, which is why they've become the most successful corporations in history. They are the apex of Adam Smith's *unbearably dry* capitalist philosophy from [*The Wealth of Nations*](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations). Instead of speculating about whether AI is "a real thing", just follow the money. It paints a clear picture, for better or worse, AI—specifically [Generative AI](https://www.google.com/search?q=What+is+Generative+AI)—is here to stay.

Before we proceed, let me disclose that I'm a Software Engineer at a [company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) responsible for creating many of the products and services mentioned in this article. It also happens to be the big-money sponsor (sugar daddy, if you will) behind OpenAI's ChatGPT and the *owners* of GitHub, putting it squarely at the forefront of AI-assisted software development (or "engineering"—whatever, they're truly interchangeable colloquially). That said, I represent only myself on this blog. All opinions are my own. [Dobby is a free elf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DTb-lseCdQ).

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