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Uncle Joe

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8. The public would need a controlling interest, or whatever comes from AI will be watered down over time

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 05:04 PM

21 hrs ago

as controlling oligarch/corporate conglomerate ownership increasingly asserts their influence over how it's managed for the benefit of AI at the expense of the public interest.

Just as they watered down social security ever since 1975 when they the capped the FICA tax limit adjusted automatically every year based on the national average wage index instead of a median wage index.

That's a slow kill strategy, of course the best public interest would be eliminating the FICA cap entirely.

Thanks for the thread Omaha Steve

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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI [View all] Omaha Steve Yesterday OP

I would like to correct Sen. Sanders WA-03 Democrat Yesterday #1

Oh, great.... reACTIONary Yesterday #2

If we're lucky TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #3

What about the water and electricity needed for all the data centers? SamuelAdams Yesterday #4

and all the other ramifications SamuelTheThird Yesterday #5

See this GD thread for those and others talking about it, how it's built on the fantasy that AI is highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #6

That's EXACTLY what this is really about. Karasu 19 hrs ago #11

Btw, Altman has offered shifting ideas over the years about sharing any profits from AI, and they've highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #7

It's his transparent attempt to deflect from the desperate need for strict regulation. Karasu 19 hrs ago #10

The public would need a controlling interest, or whatever comes from AI will be watered down over time Uncle Joe 21 hrs ago #8

This is NOT a substitute for regulation and should not be treated as such. Fuck Altman. And it would need to be a Karasu 19 hrs ago #9