Never Close the Inquiry
Never Close the Inquiry
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Never Close the Inquiry is for pushing back on black and white, us vs. them thinking in politics—for creating dialogue across the aisle, and for demystifying the right for the left and the left for the right. The goal is better conversations, better arguments, better solutions, better relationships, and, maybe, a few giant skips and a jump and a hitch-hike down the line, a better country. neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com
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The podcast explores themes of political discourse, empathy, and understanding, with episodes featuring discussions on prominent political figures, analysis of current events, and insightful commentary, such as the implications of Trump's presidency and systemic economic challenges facing graduates.
Never Close the Inquiry is for pushing back on black and white, us vs. them thinking in politics—for creating dialogue across the aisle, and for demystifying the right for the left and the left for the right. The goal is better conversations, better arguments, better solutions, better relationships, and, maybe, a few giant skips and a jump and a hitch-hike down the line, a better country.
Episode 64 – The Neophytes Purchase a Controlling Stake in Anthropic
Actually, that may have been in a dream. Anyway, Anthropic filed its registration statement with the SEC and has started the clock to go public sometime in November. Reports indicate Anthropic is hoping to raise slightly more money than I have ever made at a $2 trillion valuation. If that number turns out to be accurate, Anthropic would make its public debut as one of the ten most valuable companies in the world.
But what is Anthropic actually worth? Though the Neophytes have approximately as good an idea of how to value a company as we do a chance at making the Olympics in the long jump, an Anthropic investment comes with more and larger risks and unknowns than an investment in, say, a tire company. We don’t know how Anthropic and OpenAI, frontier AI labs who depend on other companies, including competitors, for infrastructure needs, will respond to increased competition from domestic and foreign rivals. We don’t know whether or how the government will get involved. We don’t know whether Anthropic’s revenue will continue to grow exponentially, which seems like a rather silly concern given its current exponential growth until you realize Anthropic’s baked-in-stone future spending commitments obligate it to make or borrow way, way more money. We don’t even know what exactly Anthropic’s products can do, and neither do they—hence the hullabaloo and prophecies of possible human extinction. We know what tires do, how they can be used, and that they’ll very likely keep doing tire things for the foreseeable future. The same cannot be said of AI.
If you want the keen insight of sophisticated Wall Street professionals with money on the line, I would politely direct you elsewhere, but if you’re interested in a wide-ranging, sincere conversation about the current and future value and function of AI and the companies who provide it, you’re in moderate luck.
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