Sam Altman · OpenAI · Claude · China · U.S. · Donald Trump · MIT Technology Review
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again
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In some ways, Altman’s plan is old news.
Key facts
- Distributing that $42.6 billion equally among the roughly 133 million American households would give each about $320 in equity
- And the notion has broad political appeal: Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed giving Americans a 50% stake in top AI companies
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week
- First, AI learns directly from human-generated work—books, movies, art—but AI companies generally never pay the authors of that work
Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. What’s the logic here? First, AI learns directly from human-generated work—books, movies, art—but AI companies generally never pay the authors of that work. How large a safety net is up for debate. Distributing that $42.6 billion equally among the roughly 133 million American households would give each about $320 in equity. If this dividend does materialize, what’s in it for tech companies?