Back in the day there were repercussions, both market and regulatory. Today we have these unknown techs released into the wild concurrent with billions spent suppressing any meaningful assessment and regulatory response.
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GM waited 10 years to fix its faulty ignition system, even as well over 100 people died due to known the flaws in the design, which didn't meet internal GM standards. A GM engineer lied under oath about the problem. GM got a DPA and no one saw the inside of a jail cell. OpenAI will be just fine
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83 people have been burned alive in Teslas, in 232 separate incidents of blazing batteries, and as far as I know, no regulatory action has been initiated.
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For comparison, Ford sold just over 3 million Pintos. 27 fatalities were reported in fires resulting from a poorly designed gas tank. Tesla has something like 2,300,000 vehicles on the road.
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