Hedge fund founder who claimed 'only 200 people understand AI' gets margin called
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-23
Stewart Alsop III on the irony of a hedge fund founder who claimed "only 200 people in the world understand AI, and they're all in SF" getting margin called by NYC finance bros, with South Korea's nation-state investment left as a bystander hit by friendly fire of the Information Age.
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