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by magpi3 166 days ago
Healthcare, schools, roads, generative AI. One of these things is not like the others.
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We gave incentives to broadband, why not generative AI?
Last-mile services like roads, electricity, water, and telecommunications are natural monopolies. Normal market forces fail somewhat and you want some government involvement to keep it running smoothly.

This is not at all true of generative AI.