Openai Wants Federal Backstop
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OpenAI is seeking a federal backstop for its investments, sparking concerns among commenters about the potential misuse of public funds and the company's true intentions.
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- Attract ridiculous levels of investment
- Profit!
- Extend corporate entanglements to ensure that if OpenAI fails, many others will fail, thereby attracting yet more funding to keep the balloon in the air.
- Profit!
- Keep pumping, and when it looks like even the biggest investors aren't big enough to keep the bubble inflated, call on the good ol' government as funder of last resort.
- Profit!
- ...
- (Move some profits to a safe haven if you haven't already. Maybe get a friendly passport)
- ...
- BOOM!
- ...
- Profit!
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If you don't see the scam, well I hope you are well prepared for 2030.