Donald Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies

root-parent

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throwerofways67

This would be good for ai development, right? It would disincentivize excessive regulation on ai as the government has a stake it it... On the other hand it might make it more attractive to lock out open source as that threatens profits. What do others here think?

yepyoukno

Hold on now, are both Bernie and Donald both saying the same things? Next point, are Trump supporters who criticized Sanders swinging this in positive light?

xrd

Do they pinky promise not to bail out their investments with taxpayer dollars?