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[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 66 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"Every great venture capitalist in the last 70 years has missed most of the great companies of his generation... if it was a science, you could eventually dial it in and have somebody who gets 8 out of 10 [right]," the investor reasoned. "There's an intangibility to it, there's a taste aspect, the human relationship aspect, the psychology — by the way a lot of it is psychological analysis," he added.

Venture capitalism: famously the only human activity in history that involves human relationships, psychology, or aesthetic taste.

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[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Is he saying all there is to VC'ing is picking the right startup to back? What the fuck is "work" then. Vibe checking the startup founder? He's right then, it's not going to be replaced with AI because its a useless fucking job. God, these people belong in the gulag

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Well you also have to give dumbfuck interviews about things you fundamentally misunderstand and (apparently) participate in dozens of fascist group chats at once. Truly the pinnacle of human behavior and development.

[–] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

When your job is just "I/my friends have a lot of money to gamble," it turns out there's not much to it.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

gambler telling you they have a system maaaaaaan

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd bet real money that if you gave ChatGPT $5 billion and had it """invest""" it would do as well or better than most of these idiots. Poster children for "born on third base and think they hit a triple."

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Not to tout YouTubers, but Micheal Reeves literally had a goldfish do his trading and it made him more money than the average hedgefund manager.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago

VCs are so absurdly dumb, it's mind-boggling. Absolute toddler brains that will be amazed by the slightest bit of flattery combined with jingling car keys in front of their idiotic faces. If every single VC dropped dead tomorrow, it would literally just be a net positive for the world, which is not something you can say about many jobs.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

contextThe egg card in Balatro gains 3 dollars of value per round, which you can redeem by selling the card. This card has the eternal tag which means it cannot be sold, and the rental tag, which means it costs 3 dollars per round just to have in your hand. In effect, this card earns money that you can't access while charging you money for the privilege of doing so, and also prvents you from doing something more productive with the joker slot. -- It's effectively a parasite

[–] LeninsBeard@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you get the ceremonial knife you can get rid of it and it becomes useful... wait we might be onto something here

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Knife doesn't eat eternal jokers unfortunately

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Pirate joker tho

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey AI plumber, the AI drywallers covered your domestic water before you tested it. What do you AI do about?

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

pulling my phone out to tell grok to roto-root my toilet again

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tesla's humanoid robo plumber shows up, walks directly into a wall, and catches on fire. The clogged pipe is no longer a problem because your house burned down. melon-musk reports it as a success in his statistics.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

The robot turns off autopilot moments before the accident, allowing it to claim it technically wasn't responsible.

[–] SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Who's gonna buy your shit?

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The invisible hand

[–] Lamprey@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tech companies don't even sell products, it's all speculative value

[–] SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that value COMES from somewhere. You speculate on the prospect of people BUYING something at SOME POINT.

[–] Lamprey@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Fair fair, but it is more removed from that reality than companies in the past is my point there

[–] Bakzik@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

The contradictions are sharpening sicko-hexbear

least stupid venture capitalist

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The only reason these people are allowed to speak freely is because there is no luigi-dance

[–] BeanBoy@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Calling it “the AIs”

[–] onwardknave@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm conflicted... such a punchable face... but what if it bursts on impact?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Wear gloves

[–] miz@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago
[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

So what he's saying is that all that's needed to stop this AI bullshit is illegal-to-say

yamagami luigi-dance

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

...Who's gonna buy your stupid shit Marc?

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've been curious about the background of Futurism, I've been pleasantly surprised by the snarkiness their articles often exhibit.

I can automate his job with a 100 line Python script

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Isn't this the same guy who created the secret Signal chats for rich tech and media people recently?

[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago
[–] tane2@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

All I’ll say in response to this is that Marc seems like the most easily reachable of these billionaires that absolutely need to be removed from this world