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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by nialv7 on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:13PM (#46439280)
if datacenters are built by the government, then i think it's fair to assume there will be some level of democratic control of what those datacenters will be used for.
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by quantified on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:30PM (#46439463)
What's the democratic control of existing resources? I would make the opposite assumption, it would be captured by the wealthiest interests.
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by shimman on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:42PM (#46439557)
This is literally the current system... adding more democratic controls is a good thing, the alternative is that only rich control these systems and would you look at it only the rich control these systems.

Uncanny really.

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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by nine_k on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:31PM (#46439475)
Certainly! Your congress representatives would be voting on how to allocate its computing power. (Do you remember who did you vote for last time?)
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