AI investment dwarfs software development funding, critic claims

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-08-18 20:37

A Mastodon post criticizes the vast sums of money invested in AI, suggesting that the same amount could have funded the development of JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA for a millennium. The post cites figures of $1 trillion spent on AI and $720 million for JetBrains' annual development. AI

IMPACT Highlights concerns about the scale of AI investment relative to other software development efforts.

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion about AI investment.

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AI investment dwarfs software development funding, critic claims

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-08-18 20:37

For the money already spent on # AI ,¹ # JetBrains could have improved IntelliJ at its current rate² for one thousand years. ¹ 1 trillion dollars: https://www.

For the money already spent on # AI ,¹ # JetBrains could have improved IntelliJ at its current rate² for one thousand years. ¹ 1 trillion dollars: https://www. ft.com/content/dcf3873e-7b32-4 a24-a90d-3bccf1d2c996?syn-25a6b1a6=1 ² 15 billion koruna or about 720 million dollars: ht…

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For the money already spent on # AI ,¹ # JetBrains could have improved IntelliJ at its current rate² for one thousand years. ¹ 1 trillion dollars: https://www.

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