@DaleGribble88@programming.dev
2026-09-21 04:21 UTC
I very openly believe and evangelize that OpenAI prepping to go public is what triggered the wave of calls to pause R&D. They are in a hole so big that they’ll take a 1/3rd of the economy with them when they go belly up. The other big tech firms are probably all in the same boat. However, none of them can afford the public perception of being the first to flinch and cut back on AI research. So, they are angling for the government to step in and force everyone to cut their R&D budget all at the same time, so no one has to save face.
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@terranoid@lemmy.cafe 2026-09-21 05:03
Literally what I was worried about, that our corrupt as fuck US government would rather double down on the scam and start partaking rather than let the bubble burst. They literally are going to fund the scam with tax payer dollars rather than just let the bubble do what bubbles do. Too big to fail bullshit. It’s the dot com era, except 100x as corrupt environment where they can rob the tax payer rather than close shop. We are so royally fucked.