According to the article, the AGI was almost completed, and the main reason his effort failed was that the company ran out of money due to the bursting of the bubble. Together with the anthropic principle, this seems to imply that Ben is the person responsible for the stock market crash of 2000.
Phew...I was almost going to call bullshit on this but that would be impolite.
Phew...I was almost going to call bullshit on this but that would be impolite.