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> Nobody has ever raised the amount of money it will need, nor has a piece of technology required such an incredible financial and systemic force — such as rebu
by ethbr1 2y ago
> Nobody has ever raised the amount of money it will need, nor has a piece of technology required such an incredible financial and systemic force — such as rebuilding the American power grid — to survive, let alone prove itself as a technology worthy of such investment.
AT&T.
- downrightmike 2y agoVia pure monopoly power
- tazu 2y agoIsn't that sama's plan with "safety regulation"?
- downrightmike 2y agoNo because even Nortel in canada was a required to buy at&t made phones
- ethbr1 2y agoAT&T didn't have a monopoly when it started. It just burned a ridiculous amount of money stringing lines.
- edzitron 2y agoIt also got broken up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
- j_timberlake 2y agoThe space race cost hundreds of billions in today's dollars, and AI could do a lot more for/to humanity than put a flag on the moon. And I'm guessing Uncle Sam will want control of these AI companies anyway if AI starts looking even a little powerful/threatening.
- Gazoche 2y ago> The space race cost hundreds of billions in today's dollars, and AI could do a lot more for/to humanity than put a flag on the moon. That's a weird comparison. The goal of the space race was never to make money, and it was funded by the taxpayers, not VCs expecting a return on their investment.
- edzitron 2y agoThe space race was also not something with a financial outcome at the end as its main goal. I doubt that Uncle Sam cares that much about controlling OpenAI.
- FormerBandmate 2y agoThe power grid itself