Viral Video: Zoomers Say AI Firms Want Regulation as a Bailout Escape Hatch
typewriters · x · 2026-09-16
A video posted less than 24 hours ago with 2M+ views is going viral among younger users, who argue AI companies are asking to be regulated so they can get bailed out when their 'secret magical evil technology' fails to make good on investment promises.
The take reframes AI doom talk as a financial narrative tool of big AI firms, reflecting growing public distrust of the AI capital story.
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