Verge reporter: virtually everyone loudly talking AI has massive financial stakes
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-15
Sam Biddle (The Verge) laments that in the current AI frenzy, virtually every prominent voice has a massive financial interest in one outcome or another. Financial commentator TheStalwart agrees the topic is complicated, which is why many reason through heuristics—alignment, incentives, peer pressure—but argues the way out is, as always, to seek truth from facts.
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