return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoBernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companiesmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down111
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companiesmashable.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·6 days agoDoes this mean we’ll all be bag holders when the AI bubble bursts?
minus-squareMyVeryRealName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoHow? The government doesn’t plan to compensate the companies.
minus-squarefoxwolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoAre you new here? The government will absolutely compensate the companies when the bubble bursts.
minus-squareMyVeryRealName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYes but not when it seizes half the companies
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThe point being, if the public owns half of the company but the company is failing, now the public has acquired 50% liability of a dying business. Like others said though, I’m sure taxpayers will be on the hook either way.
minus-squareMyVeryRealName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoDo these companies have liabilities?
Does this mean we’ll all be bag holders when the AI bubble bursts?
How? The government doesn’t plan to compensate the companies.
Are you new here? The government will absolutely compensate the companies when the bubble bursts.
Yes but not when it seizes half the companies
The point being, if the public owns half of the company but the company is failing, now the public has acquired 50% liability of a dying business.
Like others said though, I’m sure taxpayers will be on the hook either way.
Do these companies have liabilities?