If the AI Bubble Does Burst, Taxpayers Could End Up with the Bill
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Big players subsidising AI in hopes they can make profit later. Same as with Uber.
So why is it tax payers who would end up with billions? It’s pretty clear that if bubble bursts it is Microsoft, SoftBank etc that would lose the most money.
Um, scientifically speaking, burst or no burst, the general population including the taxpayers will end up with the bill.