Taxing AI Tokens: A Potential Solution to High Frontier Lab Margins
gavinpurcell · x · 2026-08-27
The author supports Bill Gates' view on taxing AI tokens, suggesting that as margins for frontier labs become very high, such taxes could create a fund to mitigate economic hardships, provided the distribution is managed well.
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