I am reminded of the Uncomfortable Amazon Truths ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20980025 ) by Corey Quinn.

While they're protected now, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20980557 quotes the one I recall...

      - Nobody has figured out how to make money from AI/ML other than by selling you a pile of compute and storage for your AI/ML misadventures.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1173367909369802752.html maintains the entire chain of tweets.