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A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry (www.einnews.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1261690/a-majority-of-americans-now-support-seizing-wealth-from-ai-industry

While 89% back mandatory safety disclosures, nearly 70% support requiring AI firms to transfer 50% of their stock to a public fund

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When Big Oil came to fuck Alaska they did this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund it ain't much, but it's better than 0.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That was done by the State of Alaska, not the Federal government.

    I imagine that even if something like this was established, I imagine that a huge chunk of each dollar would disappear into the bureaucracy.

    Also, given the financial issues, it may not be the cash cow everyone thinks.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    even if something like this was established, I imagine that a huge chunk of each dollar would disappear into the bureaucracy.

    As it does in Alaska, though some views of the situation say that that's reducing taxes while simultaneously providing valuable services...

    Also, given the financial issues, it may not be the cash cow everyone thinks.

    Personally, I don't mind Bernie's plan: annex 51% of the company stock by imminent domain or whatever you want to call it, if it implodes there's no real loss, but if it's profitable then the business wizards of our government can tap the excess wealth to return to the people who provided the training for the models the buisness is based on. UBI is the politically flashy way to return the profits, but reducing taxes can have a similar effect for taxpayers - but my question is: which taxpayers need the breaks?

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