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Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies (mashable.com)
submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Does this mean we'll all be bag holders when the AI bubble bursts?

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First of all, fuck no. Remove all of the AI companies. Now. Secondly, this will guarantee they become "too big to fail". Like, it feels as if they're purposefully doing this to make it palatable to bail them out.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This feels like a setup to the biggest rug-pull in history. The whole thing is going to shit and the taxpayers will be holding the bags.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it makes sense. The bill will be paid off from taxes, so it makes sense that the bailout comes with company stock transfer to workers.

It's fair for many reasons. One of them is that billionaires and corporations don't pay taxes.

What about, instead of 50%, make the bailed out company be 100% owned by the people - not the government, the people.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By the time the public own it, it will be a liability, not an asset. I've seen my government purchase a telco's entire infrastructure only to immediately write it off.

Just set it on fire already.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, what I said was how a fair arrangement should look like. You can also call that an utopia. It won't happen.

[–] HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know they will agree and give everyone stakes exactly when bubble is about to pop

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Public stake isn't for profits (especially not short term capital gains), it's about concentration & not getting controlled.

[–] HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub -1 points 2 months ago

Controlling something worthless is pointless anyway.

And giving it away to everyone will score political points.