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AI "pioneers" linked to past financial deregulation and economic woes

A critique suggests that the prominent figures in AI development are the same billionaires who previously dismantled financial regulations, leading to economic instability and the 2008 financial crisis. This group's influence is seen as continuing to shape economies in ways that have not led to recovery. AI

IMPACT Critiques the influence of prominent AI figures, linking their past actions to current economic instability.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece critiquing the background and influence of prominent figures in the AI industry.

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AI "pioneers" linked to past financial deregulation and economic woes

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · sfsutcliffe_ ·

    🔥 🔥 ''The AI “pioneers” are, remember, drawn from the same tiny club of billionaires that stripped out financial regulation through the 1980s and 1990s, turbo-c

    🔥 🔥 ''The AI “pioneers” are, remember, drawn from the same tiny club of billionaires that stripped out financial regulation through the 1980s and 1990s, turbo-charging neoliberal capitalism to the point that it crashed in 2008. As should be clear by now, our economies are not rec…