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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

porky-happy Wow! 17.5% is really something! *Invests $1,000,000,000* I can't wait for my $1,175,000,000!

side-eye-1 That's, uh, not quite what we meant...

porky-happy Oh right, more, because of compounding interest! So how much should I expect to walk away with?

side-eye-2 $175,000,000

porky-scared-flipped What's this nonsense?!

side-eye-1side-eye-2 17.5%

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

(Zac Oyama Voice) I'll take your 100k and turn it into seventeen-thousand dollars

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Similar returns to buying a crate of beer and returning the cans.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

it's a 17.5% return of investment, not on investment saul-your-honor

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

High yield savings acct - 4-ish percent.
Stonks/funds - 4 to 5 percent.
OpenAI-17.5 percent at least.

Definitely not a scam. Open AI is certainly not robbing Peter to pay Paul. Nope.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

OpenAI, define con artist in two words.

Sam Altman? Haha. I'm just joking. A con artist is...

[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I understand why it looks suspicious—any system that scales quickly and redistributes returns can resemble something more dubious at a glance. But the structure is transparent, participation is voluntary, and value is created rather than merely shuffled around. It’s not a Ponzi scheme, it’s an aggressively misunderstood networked incentive model!

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The fun part is guessing what they'll do when they absolutely can't deliver.

  • Bankruptcy (snoozefest but funny)
  • Keep the grift going via state funding (can kicked down the road 6 months)
  • Bailout for finance but not "AI" (I mean, duh)
  • Bailout for "AI", too (clownworld)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My guess is Microsoft absorbs openai sooner or later.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Yea Microsoft needs to keep OAI alive somehow or they lose cloud and government contracts to AWS with their Anthropic stake and Google

[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

"and we're all getting laid! (off)"

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

Openai is hoping to pull off a Bitcoin or Tesla. Pure hype driven growth. Eventually it will all fall apart but personally I'd prefer it the sooner the better

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Might as well put it on a credit card lol

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They have military contracts now, and in the least the AI drones will be able to match the current accuracy of the military

And the misses will probably be a bit more equitable, just wait a year and iron dome is bombing tel aviv based on a tweet

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are drones really piloted by LLMs?

[–] homhom9000@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just read a great substack about this but in short no they're not, but what is is worse:

https://open.substack.com/pub/artificialbureaucracy/p/kill-chain

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Really insightful article—thank you for sharing! Might wanna make that its own post.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

permanently high plateau vibes

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Irving Fisher was perhaps the first celebrity economist, but his reputation during his lifetime was irreparably harmed by his public statement, just nine days before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, that the stock market had reached "a permanently high plateau".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Fisher

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I couldn't resist...

[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Bravo raised questions about the long-term profit profile of joint ventures with OpenAI and Anthropic, adding that many of its portfolio companies are already deploying AI tools, the person said.

Oh that's perhaps the saddest part of this. They are already forcing their businesses to use these products and it's nowhere near enough for this AI shit to be profitable.


Did chatPPB crunch these numbers