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I don't understand why some of these AI companies check their egos at the door and hire public relations companies. Yes, I understand they are changing the world but customers do not open their wallets when they are scared. Very few people I know are as avant-guarde as I am with AI, but, most people look at these new technologies and simply feel fear. Why pay for something that will replace you?

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He knows what he's doing.

It's to drive FOMO for investors. He needs tens of billions of capital and is trying to scare them into not looking at his balance sheet before investing. It's reckless, and is soaking up capital that could have gone towards more legitimate investments.

Yes, this is probably the piece I am not realizing. However, there is no better approach to getting more capital than by scaring people?

> public relations companies.

Sounds like one of the white collar jobs that LLMs were supposed to solve

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