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Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies (mashable.com)
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[โ€“] MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

More likely in would just exarcerbate the financial instability of the AI industry and hasten its downfall, which I'm all for

[โ€“] x0x7@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Or delay it. How would the government having 50% stake in an industry make it less stable? Now the government will form policy around protecting its stake. This will delay a collapse that we should want to happen sooner than later, and ideally be as divested from as possible.