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What OpenAI really wants

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Re: What OpenAI really wants

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That's if they are not ambitious. Might also be trying to become the new Google, or at least put the O in MANFANGO.

Lol I did always wonder how Netflix qualified for FAANG but little ol' Microsoft didn't.

higher comp at Netflix

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's if they are not ambitious. Might also be trying to become the new Google, or at least put the O in MANFANGO.

Jesus, can we find a phrase like "tech giants", rather than changing the acronym according to the stock market?

I typically use "F100" or "F500" to refer to the space of all large corporations. This feels to me like a happy blend between explicit naming and including everyone with an LLC.

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> What OpenAI really wants 1. Get lots of users; 2. monetize everything; 3. go public; 4. sell all shares and get super rich?

That's if they are not ambitious. Might also be trying to become the new Google, or at least put the O in MANFANGO.

FANMANGO. has mango

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> The air crackles with an almost Beatlemaniac energy as the star and his entourage tumble into a waiting Mercedes van. They’ve just ducked out of one event and are headed to another, then another, where a frenzied mob awaits. As they careen through the streets of London—the short hop from Holborn to Bloomsbury—it’s as if they’re surfing one of civilization’s before-and-after moments. The history-making force personi…

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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> The air crackles with an almost Beatlemaniac energy as the star and his entourage tumble into a waiting Mercedes van. They’ve just ducked out of one event and are headed to another, then another, where a frenzied mob awaits. As they careen through the streets of London—the short hop from Holborn to Bloomsbury—it’s as if they’re surfing one of civilization’s before-and-after moments. The history-making force personi…

I also dislike this writing style in most of the places it gets employed.

Unless you're writing an engaging essay about adventurers climbing Everest, the plight of local doctors in war-torn countries, etc., I don't need effervescent language. It's distracting and hinders communication.

Keep the article factual and succinct. No fancy picture needs to be painted.

I'm trying to quickly analyze and synthesize into my world view. Not soak in it.

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's if they are not ambitious. Might also be trying to become the new Google, or at least put the O in MANFANGO.

Jesus, can we find a phrase like "tech giants", rather than changing the acronym according to the stock market?

Reminds me of 2SLGBTQ+

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post #3

> What OpenAI really wants 1. Get lots of users; 2. monetize everything; 3. go public; 4. sell all shares and get super rich?

It's fairly striking how okay it is to simply paint someone with power in any corner you please. You can basically make any claim you want, and be just fine with it, societally.

I also notice, how the effortlessness with which it is done increasingly provides a solid estimate for how lame the painters are.

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i highlighted this last night which seems to be making the rounds - https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1699369076529971545 Alec's CV ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecradford/ ) seems to be: - 2011-2016 BSc Eng from Olin College - 2013+ started a data/AI consultancy as a sophomore that turned into a vague startup/product? - 2015 first paper on GANs coauthored with soumith https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.06434.pdf%C3 - 2016 f…

They all have crazy CVs. If you're really talented in the US you can get very far on talent alone. If he was in Germany he's be a Ph.d or Postdoc toiling in some outdated research field that nobody cares about.

The CTO has an even crazier CV. Born in the poorest European country, BSc at Dartmond (is that considered a good uni? idk), internship at GS, a stint at Tesla, couple of startups and hits gold with OpenAi. A BSc in mechanical engineering wouldn't even get you a job in Germany.

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