I don't think you'll make a profit, but maybe you'll make some friends.

Let's assume the demand for AI is only 20% of.what is being built. Doesn't that mean that the other 80% can now be used for something useful (protein folding etc.)?

Don't you need money to stop Venice sinking?

some dude out of Silicon Valley hears about this, and hacks up a system that just uses a $30 webcam, an AI model that detects fingers (trained exclusively on pudgy white fingers of Silicon Valley executives)

Hotdog / not hotdog

Private banks should mean they can fail without the government stepping in.

Beyond the services of a basic checking account and ability to send money, banking should be private.