Sam Altman asks if government can nationalize artificial general intelligence

conartist6

I have a really cool idea! In this system nobody owns any property, and to keep everyone happy the government tells you how to live your life. Does anyone happen to know what would a system like that be called?

Centigonal

dude just wants his company to be in the news, so he tweets stuff like this

oompydoompy74

Hey y’all I’m starting to think this dude might not be a good guy! What a surprise.

7777777phil

Nationalization assumes AGI creates a monopoly worth seizing. But if multiple labs converge simultaneously and price it toward marginal cost, there's nothing to nationalize. The question is whether governments coordinate before commoditization makes the whole debate moot. History suggests they don't: https://philippdubach.com/posts/is-ai-really-eating-the-worl...

recursivecaveat

Rhymes with that time 3 months ago they floated the idea of the government backstopping their debt: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/openai-finance...