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by PoignardAzur 1200 days ago
> this is just the legal, modern day equivalent of old school "break their knees unless they pay you"

I don't EY is advocating for this, so much as saying "unless AI companies can find a way to establish such a racket, they won't be profitable". That's a factual claim, not a value judgment.
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originalcopying 1200 days ago
I've recently started to believe that known current legitimate governments are (and have always been) the legacy of people in history doing rackets like these in the now historical past.
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webmaven 1200 days ago
They sure are. Are you familiar with "War is a Racket"[0][1] by Major-General Smedley Butler[2]?:

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

[1] https://books.google.co.il/books/about/War_is_a_Racket.html?...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

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