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My pet theory about why Anthropic and Open AI are pushing for a “pause” is because they are trying to angle for a government bailout before their bubbles pop.

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Here is a pretty good rundown on the incident that started this AI apocalypse PR push and why:

https://youtu.be/luXnftoxCaM

Or if you don't mind it from a semi-pro AI source: https://youtu.be/kHW3Y0gObU8