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this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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Ok, point by point: First, government corruption isn't a function of capitalism. Officials in every system find ways to sell favors. I personally knew Russians who bribed their way out of the USSR, which was almost laughably corrupt. Secondly, the AI industry can't "position" its own value - it is what it is, and as an industry it simply isn't "too big to fail." Thirdly, Google (founded in 1998) was still a startup during the dotcom bubble, not a "large player". We have no "huge players" in AI yet - as I mentioned, the biggest AI company only has 8000 employees.
Based on all this I assume the prediction that the government will use retirement account stock market exposure as an excuse to bail out AI companies is something you heard or read - if you gave a link to that I'd be happy to look at the reasoning.