alt Hacker NewsPeople cared about TARP because these were companies managing their retirements and banks holding their savings. They had been around for 100 years+ and many had branches in their hometown.
Very few people know, or care, about AI companies in any way.
If AI companies go bust so will those retirements accounts (and the economy) So I think it is likely that AI companies will be bailed out when the bubble bursts.
I guess the lesson multinationals learned from the 2008 financial crisis is that if you fail is better to fail really really really big.