[larsnystrom]

I assume that’s why Altman wants the government as a co-owner.

[amelius]

Everything seems rotten with this administration.

[chinathrow]

And sama.

[potsandpans]

I'll take Sam over amodei.

It's a both are bad choice.

[bigyabai]

Sam, the proprietor of Woldcoin?

Amodei might play hardball, but he's got nothing on sama's evil villain ambitions.

[potsandpans]

Why downvote me for an opinion?

Anyways, I'll take a liar over a zealot anyday.

[bigyabai]

You're asking the wrong person, I didn't downvote you. I am challenging your opinion with evidence of sama's uniquely sinister ambitions.

Can you elucidate why you think Sam is the better horse to bet on? From what I can see, he's the biggest zealot by quite a margin, in addition to being a chronic liar.

[unknownfuture]

Honestly I'd say both are both. They just lie and are zealots about different things.

Ultimately they both want money and power, they just grasp for it in different ways.

[fittingopposite]

And Sama over Trump?

[chrisjj]

Which of these two administrations? :)

[blasphemers]

Wasn't Bernie saying the government should confiscate half of OpenAI and Anthropic. This seems like sama is just trying to get ahead of it.

[Omatic810]

True, especially since President Sanders tends to be a bit heavy-handed on exerting political pressure. He's been issuing an unprecedented number of executive orders since he took office...

[mrguyorama]

5% vs 50% is a dramatic difference in how things would work out.

[CodingJeebus]

Not to mention that a government ownership stake also incentivizes a bailout if this all goes bust.

[rchaud]

A 5% stake in an overvalued private company without public financials and with an indeterminate timeline to profitability is a bailout. Shareholders cash out while the taxpayer is stuck with the bill.

[triceratops]

Is the government buying their stake or being given a stake? In the second scenario there's no bagholding.

[linhns]

With the way they're treading on, I'd not be surprised if a bailout happens in the next decade.

[HWR_14]

Why?

[HardwareLust]

"Too big to fail."