If inference was profitable - they'd tell us. Msft, goog, public companies. They'd break out the numbers and show us, if they were good.

But instead, all we get is known liars going on podcasts and repeating "stylized facts" that aren't literally true about their supposed profitability on inference, from companies losing billions per year in a situation where they don't have to tell the truth.

That is VERY far from a convincing argument that they are profitable. So I can & will safely conclude that the opposite is true.