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Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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And it's not even working. Not one of the AI companies is profitable. So they're putting the hope for profits some time in the future over sanity and safety.
So what's the problem? This looks self-correcting to me, if none of the AI companies are profitable then they're going to go away. Short their stock and make a fortune.
They'll just declare bankruptcy and get away scott-free
That's not how bankruptcy works. The investors don't get their money back.
thanks for pointing that out.
I'm not sure how this benefits the big corporations then. Surely they don't have a deathwish? And aren't stupid/incompetent enough to not see that? Else they'd not have gotten this big, right?