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Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by streetcat1 » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:34 PM UTC

gdb wrote: post #4

streetcat1 wrote: post #2

So is this the open-ai exit?

(I work at OpenAI.) Quite the opposite — this is an investment!

So you are now part of azure, no?. Like - azure-open-ai?

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by Pandabob » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

Excellent way to reallocate some of that record breaking revenue they just announced.

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by codelemur » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

Despite all the negativity in replies, I try to remain optimistic that this investment in AGI-related research is going to be a net positive.

Congrats to the team, and break a leg!

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by est31 » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

gdb wrote: post #8

mtgx wrote: post #3

I imagine this comes with a ton of strings attached, written or unwritten. This probably gives Microsoft control of the project's roadmap.

The OpenAI board remains in charge of OpenAI’s AGI-relevant decisions. Microsoft has the right to appoint one board seat, which they have not yet exercised.

I've written up my opinion on the deal that OpenAI gives to investors here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/azvbmn/n_o...

TLDR either the public is being conned or Microsoft is. And assuming that Microsoft probably has used top lawyers to close the deal, I doubt it's them.

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by lewisj489 » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

appstorelottery wrote: post #7

Embrace... extend.... and.... :-)

Downvote

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by minxomat » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

streetcat1 wrote: post #11

gdb wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I work at OpenAI.) Quite the opposite — this is an investment!

So you are now part of azure, no?. Like - azure-open-ai?

Do you know what "investment" means?

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by kuzehanka » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

gdb wrote: post #4

streetcat1 wrote: post #2

So is this the open-ai exit?

(I work at OpenAI.) Quite the opposite — this is an investment!

Is all this talk of AGI some kind of marketing meme that you guys are tolerating? We haven't figured out sentiment analysis or convnets resilient to single pixel attacks, and here is a page talking about the god damned singularity.

As an industry, we've already burned through a bunch of buzzwords that are now meaningless marketing-speak. 'ML', 'AI', 'NLP', 'cognitive computing'. Are we going for broke and adding AGI to the list so that nothing means anything any more?

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by streetcat1 » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

minxomat wrote: post #16

streetcat1 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you are now part of azure, no?. Like - azure-open-ai?

Do you know what "investment" means?

Yes. You get money and give control.

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by logicchains » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

Hopefully this is good news for Bing.

Re: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

chc4 wrote: post #5

Well, gotta wonder how well their charter[1] will fare against Microsoft pressure...Microsoft isn't exactly well-known for their benevolence and cautious approach. 1: https://openai.com/charter/

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