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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Who cares what elon thinks? And I'm not sure there was ever a world where openai would have truly let the nonprofit arm take over.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It matters what Musk thinks because, as the article explains, he's suing them.

[–] scruiser@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On the other hand, it doesn't matter what Elon actually thinks, because he would probably go through with the lawsuit given any available pretext because he's mad he got kicked out and couldn't commercialize OpenAI exactly like Sam tried.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, as ever with Musk, the verb thinks has to be used in a loose sense, to refer to whatever thoughtlike products he brings back from the bottom of a K-hole.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 10 points 1 day ago

@blakestacey @scruiser it's tricky. Like, Elon 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 he's funny. Elon 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 he's smart. Elon 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 that people like him.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago

a truth, but not one to "give to" felon

(I do realize you weren't doing so, more posting this for ..... others. that may come upon this thread. and decide to volunteer as bodyshields.)

[–] jaschop@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

I'm interpreting your phrasing as you believing that the non-profit "taking over" is somehow good, because profit motive bad presumably. But regardless of incentives, everyone involved is trying to flood the world with slop by incinerating cash and processors on industrial scales.

But so far the cash incinerator has been running on speculative financial products issued by a club of esoteric computer scientists trying to awaken the robot god. Investors are slightly uncomfortable with this, so Sammy boy is trying to offer them a more traditional vehicle to incinerate their cash (while indulging in his personal profit motive a bit).

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ah, big insights into the world of AI. Where do you think we’ll land on AGI?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[ANNOUNCER VOICE]

Reminder: All AGI Estimations Not Declared Within The Established Timelines Are To Be Considered Heretical

[/ANNOUNCER VOICE]

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

Praise be to the timelines