Moreover what would a bailout even look like? The banks got loan guarantees from the government essentially.
But like what happens if the government guarantees open ai's loans if the company is structurally unprofitable? Does the government create an operating subsidy?
Inference is cheap, only the training is expensive. Both Bernie and Trump have suggested doing a partial government takeover of the big AI companies to start a sovereign wealth fund.
So it would look like the government taking ownership, letting investors lose their stake, and then operating as inference-only, which would turn a profit
Modeled on Chrysler, perhaps?