💰If Your AI Is Rented, Your Future Is Rented
A few days ago, Sam Altman said something that—at first—sounds perfectly reasonable. He said that OpenAI shouldn’t get a government backstop. If the company screws up and can’t fix it, it should fail. Taxpayers, he argued, shouldn’t bail out bad business decisions.
This did come along the heels of him hinting that OpenAI should get a government backstop. Of being, and hopefully growing to, too big too fail.
It’s Sam being Sam. Flip flopping. And that doesn’t add to help trustworthiness.
But there is a truth for AI to be government backstopped.
And I know it goes against the mirage of the Silicon Valley ethos - market discipline, private risk, and capitalism versus socialism.
But here’s the problem: AI isn’t just another company anymore. It’s the foundation of national capability.
The electricity, the roads, the defense systems of the next decade may all run on it. And when the foundation of a nation’s intelligence layer sits entirely in private hands—with no safeguards—that’s not innovation.
That’s fragility.
When AI Fails, What Fails With It?
The Classroom by The Automated
Master the how of AI—not just the hype. Inside The Classroom, you’ll get high-impact lessons, 4K videos, and personal strategies from one of Asia’s top AI educators.
UpgradeA subscription gets you:
- 💰 Over $690 in value
- ✅ Over 240 minutes of 4k video of our popular AI WoD series where we teach you how to master prompts (almost $90 in value)
- ✅ 30% off on our AI Education Course Library courses (a $600 value)
- ✅ A gorgeous personal Classroom website
- ✅ Weekly AI deep dives and personal takes from Tak Lo
- ✅ Our great daily newsletter with an ad free experience
