alt Hacker NewsBeing nationalized removes the fear of going out of business. They would become like the post-office but for delivering and centralizing all digitalizable knowledge.
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bluegatty • yesterday at 6:02 PM
holy camole, no.
'Being nationalized' is 'Going out of business' - in this context.
The US will not pay market prices that investors would want - and - everyone working there would leave.
Even if they did not - the fuel required to keep it going would not be provided.
US Gov is not geared to lead an institution like that.
It would evaporate
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It also removes the potential for growth or any other upside. I doubt there'd be many AI researchers willing to work on civil service salaries.