The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.
They don’t think that far ahead. There’s also some evidence that what they’re actually after is a way to upload their consciousness and achieve a kind of immortality. This pops out in the Behind the Bastards episodes on (IIRC) Curtis Yarvin, and also the Zizians. They’re not strictly after financial gain, but they’ll burn the rest of us to get there.
The cult-like aspects of Silicon Valley VC funding is underappreciated.
They don’t think that far ahead. There’s also some evidence that what they’re actually after is a way to upload their consciousness and achieve a kind of immortality. This pops out in the Behind the Bastards episodes on (IIRC) Curtis Yarvin, and also the Zizians. They’re not strictly after financial gain, but they’ll burn the rest of us to get there.
The cult-like aspects of Silicon Valley VC funding is underappreciated.
The quest for immortality (fueled by corpses of the poor) is a classic ruling class trope.