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Discourse·Jun 23, 2026

George Hotz argues AI doom scenarios justify high tech valuations

Discourse · Hacker News · stat: — George Hotz posits that the immense potential downside of artificial intelligence—existential risk—is the very factor that underpins the sky-high valuations of…

Discourse · Hacker News · stat: —

George Hotz posits that the immense potential downside of artificial intelligence—existential risk—is the very factor that underpins the sky-high valuations of leading AI companies. He contends that if a company can plausibly claim to be building AGI, its value approaches infinity, a concept detailed in his latest blog post.

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  1. https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/06/21/the-doom-justifies-the-valuation.html

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