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Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

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Post by dTal »

noman-land wrote: post #25
lyapunova wrote: post #23

Why 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.

Chunks of society, including basic services like gym, laundry, and transport are now locked* behind "apps" on proprietary app stores, and you need an officially sanctioned (Google/Apple has root) smartphone to even download them. If AI becomes "the next big thing", there will be no opting out of that either.

*list will vary depending on location

Re: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

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Post by HerculePoirot »

mysterydip wrote: post #27
carlthrowaway wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

But soon enough, as stories like Carl's multiplied across the economy, and because AI was still in its infancy, the situation proved to be unsustainable for both man and machine. These excellent servers, while lacking any form of autonomous agency, stripped men of any advantages, outcompeting them in their vast multitudes, down to the most personal and intimate specificities of each individual. The old economic structures collapsed, and social order crumbled.

Just like the magic of an act that reveals itself only after performance and if its tricks remain hidden, Carl, now lying on his deathbed, realized what had come to pass. He could clearly discern how the machine had rectified the predicament. With the clarity that impending death brings, he saw how the machine had guided society towards a new social order. To maintain social structures, it had initiated an inversion by crafting a unique narrative trajectory for each man. From a world dominated by assertive takers wielding their will to power, we had transitioned into a world of beggars. Here, each man competed in a private theater of their own, performing their unwillingness to accept powerlessness before the machine to gain its favor. The inversion of all values, at last!

Re: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

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Post by vernon99 »

TheAlchemist wrote: post #6

And the timing of this rumor, which the article admits has absolutely no specifics nor leg to stand on, has certainly nothing to do with their attempt to raise funds at a $90 billion valuation. I can't help thinking that we're in for another 'AI winter' after so much hype with Tesla, Nvidia and chatGPT.

Very unlikely, this time it’s supported by solid revenue/growth, and even though 50x multiple feels like a lot, the opportunity here is also enormous.

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Post by burkaman »

carlthrowaway wrote: post #15
skilled wrote: post #3

> 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'…

> He took a sip of his tea, now lukewarm.

Carl is an incredibly slow thinker, that tea was steaming like four thoughts ago.

Re: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

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Post by throwaway290 »

noman-land wrote: post #25
lyapunova wrote: post #23

Why 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.

You can't opt out of owning a smartphone in most places on earth can you?
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