Had to think of Silicon Valley: https://youtu.be/_GtF_zpJc_w?si=hgPEBLomzkpEA3ZW
Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device
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#22This feels like a contemporary pop idol at the top of their game releasing a record with one of their heroes who used to be awesome 30 years ago.
Great for marketing, but not always so much for creative brilliance.
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#23Why is it that tech brand names (including people like Altman) have just become so cursed?
I feel like society at large is tired.
Everyone buys the thing but basically does it because it's required to continue to play the game - not because it brings them joy.
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#24Very exciting. This must be a smart speaker right?
I bet it'll be a smartphone that has front cameras to fingerprint your retina and back cameras to track everyone else's. In about half a decade, Zuck will show up with £100b to acquire it. In all seriousness, Sam has been on record that smartphones indirectly contribute to information/tech addiction, and that lack of digital well-being is a global epidemic [0]. May be that. Surely, that? [0] https://blog.samaltman.co…
Why is it so painfully obvious that people with position piece blog posts do so to distance themselves or provide an alibi for the things they plan to directly contradict in the future?
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#25Why is it that tech brand names (including people like Altman) have just become so cursed? I feel like society at large is tired. Everyone buys the thing but basically does it because it's required to continue to play the game - not because it brings them joy.
What game is it that is required? Opting out of bullshit social pressures is a step toward psychological freedom.
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#26Whatever it turns out to be, it will surely be competition for Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant.
I'd call it the OpenAI Genie.
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#27> One possibility is OpenAI is building its own operating system... Imagine an AI-native operating system that could generate apps in real-time based on what it believes its user needs, or one that listens to nearby conversations and automatically pulls up relevant information for its user. I’m imagining that right now… it’s not looking good.
Carl leaned back in his leather chair, a cup of steaming chamomile tea beside him. The article he'd just read about Jony Ive and Sam Altman's possible collaboration on an AI device floated around in his mind. He looked out at the bustling city through the tall windows of his penthouse office, pondering the future. "In a world increasingly reliant on instant information and instant solutions," he mused aloud, "it isn'…
> looking forward to the day his meetings would be scheduled, organized, and even anticipated by an AI that truly understood him.
And then, knowing him so well, started attending the meetings in his place. Soon, Carl was out of a job, the subject matter expertise he brought to the company perfectly replicated and queryable.
Re: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device
#28Very exciting. This must be a smart speaker right?
I bet it'll be a smartphone that has front cameras to fingerprint your retina and back cameras to track everyone else's. In about half a decade, Zuck will show up with £100b to acquire it. In all seriousness, Sam has been on record that smartphones indirectly contribute to information/tech addiction, and that lack of digital well-being is a global epidemic [0]. May be that. Surely, that? [0] https://blog.samaltman.co…
A personal verification dongle / hand-held Orb.
Lipstick-sized retina scanner (selfies only). No screen, app store or other standard smart-phone features. Secure local network interface to World Coin smart-phone app. Months-long battery life.
Open spec h/w and OSS. Low cost, high-volume production.
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#29Why is it that tech brand names (including people like Altman) have just become so cursed? I feel like society at large is tired. Everyone buys the thing but basically does it because it's required to continue to play the game - not because it brings them joy.
Because everything is promised as the next iPhone or whatever, but they all turn out to be Segways.
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#30This feels like a contemporary pop idol at the top of their game releasing a record with one of their heroes who used to be awesome 30 years ago. Great for marketing, but not always so much for creative brilliance.
The Matchbox 20 and Santana song.