The Potential for a Conspiracy Theory

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The potential for conspiracy theories here, I think is just huge. We don't know what to what extent it was deliberate fraud. He threw a lot of money around it to people in the media in order to get good publicity. Maybe these are all people he's paid for and he's going to be treated well.

Economist and author Arnold Kling talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the recent drama in the tech world--Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the collapse of FTX, and the appearance of ChatGPT. Underlying topics discussed include the potential for price discrimination to make social media profitable, whether you could tell Jeff Bezos from Sam Bankman-Fried early on, and the role of human beings in the world of artificial intelligence.