Jean Louis wrote: > Not at all. Those are proprietary companies. Their money, not ours, > not mine, not yours. > > Who cares for Anthropic and OpenAI? Let them get bankrupt.
I believe banks are pouring money into these companies by buying stock and lending money. Now where do the banks get money from? In October 1929 the US stock market crashed. According to Wikipedia: By 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate had risen to 25%, about one-third of farmers had lost their land, and 9,000 of its 25,000 banks had gone out of business. Did workers lose their jobs and farmers lose their land because they had purchased stocks at high prices before the crash? I don't think so. It is hard to accurately predict the future. Mistakes are inevitable and some companies go bankrupt. However capitalism has learned how to reduce the damage. Listening to diverse opinions leads to better decisions. When too many people accept falsified figures the outcome is disaster. I'd like to ask list members: are the opinions of those who have contributed to free software being sought by those considering investing in "AI" technology and data centers? Those who are interested in the origin of the term "millionaire" should read the Wikipedia article on the subject. It appears the word was first used in France in 1719. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire#Terminology Akira Urushibata _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
