FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 22 days agoBernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companiesmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companiesmashable.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareAfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·14 days ago AI companies at present are all privately held. There are no shareholders My point is that this move lets these reckless and wasteful companies off the hook for their behavior
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoRead the OP… It’s effectively talking about making everyone a shareholder
minus-squareAfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·14 days agoOK how does my point get negated? AI will never be profitable. It costs too much. This will just socialize all the losses
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoShareholders don’t pay out of pocket for losses
minus-squareAfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt’snot aabout paying out of pocket for losses. It’s about badly run companies getting bailed out by a public investment scheme
Read the OP… It’s effectively talking about making everyone a shareholder
OK how does my point get negated?
AI will never be profitable. It costs too much. This will just socialize all the losses
Shareholders don’t pay out of pocket for losses
It’snot aabout paying out of pocket for losses. It’s about badly run companies getting bailed out by a public investment scheme