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Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

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Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

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Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

Lina Khan has never eaten breakfast cereal out of a boot, nor even a shoe.

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#22
post #8

AI is a very competitive market where consumers are getting the product for much less than it costs. This does not seem like an area where the government needs to butt in. Attention would be better spent on long list of other poorly behaved companies: cable ISP monopolies, health insurance companies, home insurance companies, etc.

Bear with me here: we could do all of them. You can get these companies under control. You just have to, y'know, try.

we could do all of them, but they all seem to be up to date on their tithe. AI has a somewhat mixed record of tribute.

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#23

Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

So is the solution to only nominate corporate bagmen who have a perverse incentive?

No. Nominate a pissed off insider who knows how things work from personal experience and an axe to grind!

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#24
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And therefore shouldn't be allowed to have opinions on crime and antitrust? Is that your argument?

duh? why would you want someone with no experience making decisions?

Depends on if you're referring to experience defrauding the American public, or protecting the American public. That can have different answers depending on what which side of the transaction you sit.

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#25

Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

None of those things you list that she has never done help in any meaningful way with understanding antitrust law.

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

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post #25

Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

None of those things you list that she has never done help in any meaningful way with understanding antitrust law.

Running a business is a rude awakening for anyone who hasn't done it. Like a ballet critic who has never taken a ballet class. Or a commander who has never been shot at. Or a sailor who has never been at sea.

Mayors Katie Wilson and Mandami have never run a business, or worked for a business, and it shows.

How can one regulate a business without ever being in the trenches?

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#28

Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

So what.

Theory and practice are different things.

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

#29
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And therefore shouldn't be allowed to have opinions on crime and antitrust? Is that your argument?

duh? why would you want someone with no experience making decisions?

What does experience mean? Does only private-sector experience "count?" Should we remove Alito from the bench on those grounds?

Re: Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

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Khan has never been employed by a business nor ever run a business. She's never had to meet a payroll, nor prepared a P&L statement. Her entire career has been spent in research, academia, public policy, and government oversight.

And therefore shouldn't be allowed to have opinions on crime and antitrust? Is that your argument?

Everybody has opinions. That doesn't mean those opinions are based on reality.
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