Anthropic has pledged 5% of its company to the public, roughly $100 billion at its rumoured IPO valuation, which the host describes as the largest philanthropic capital raise ever. The shares would go to NGOs, charities and certain populations chosen by Anthropic rather than directly to the public, a lack of clarity that fuels criticism. A deeper concern is that AI could wipe out 50% of white-collar jobs within one to five years, as Dario Modi has said, raising questions about how people would earn a living and whether universal basic income would be needed. The episode compares this with earlier ideas, including Sam Altman's American Equity Fund and OpenAI's nonprofit restructuring, and suggests such moves may be hard to stop.
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