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People should share in AI profits regardless of usage
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.@jamespoulos argues that people should get a share of AI profits even if they never use AI: "So few people have engaged with AI at all beyond a chatbot level. People are worried that this is just gonna be a backdoor to serfdom." "It is not necessary for a person sitting on a board to use the product of the company. You could think of an arrangement where large numbers of people are stakeholders in these entities, not obliged to use the product, not gonna receive a lower number of credits if…
Anthropic@AnthropicAI6d ago
We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new wholly owned entity dedicated entirely to the public benefit. It will start off with 5% of our shares. For every 50% increase in the company’s value over a set baseline, we can contribute up to an extra 2%, subject to our board’s discretion. In total, this means that roughly 20% of Anthropic’s shares are committed to the public good. Our co-founders have already pledged to donate 80% of their equity, and around half our employees are donating a portion of their equity as part of a donation matching program we’ve run since our founding. In the post below, we share more details about our new fund. https://www.anthropic.com/news/public-benefit-fund
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