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Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by dr_dshiv »

subspeakai wrote: post #970
dr_dshiv wrote: post #674

Just need a way to talk to ChatGPT anytime. Microphone, speaker and permanent connection to ChatGPT. That’s all you need: io One need is being able to talk to ChatGPT in a whisper or silent voice… so you can do it in public. I don’t think that comes from them, but it will be big when it does. Much easier than brain implants! In an ear device, you need enough data of listening to the muscles and the sounds together, t…

Would love to chat more about this with you if you'd be interested!

Sure, hit me up at dereklomas@gmail.com

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by dr_dshiv »

bombcar wrote: post #845
pcurve wrote: post #784

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thanks for the list. it's brilliant. I can't but wonder though... are we slave to productivity? What do we need this omnipresent help? I'm sure some people do. If you're CEO of a large company, if you are a doctor seeing hundreds of patients in a week, etc. But me? An average middle age guy with 9-5 job doing white collar job at healthcare company? I enjoy doing some things that are 'inefficient'. Is that a really a…

Remember hanging out at the pub 20+ years ago? A discussion on who the fastest was, or something (literally what started the Guinness Book of Records) and it would run for a decent time as people mentioned who they thought it was, stories, hearsay evidence. Now you just whip out your phone, look it up or ask an AI, get the answer and move on. The second is more informative in a way, but so boring. The point wasn’t kn…

I try to avoid proving facts in pub conversations with my phone until someone has bet at least a dollar on the outcome

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by neop1x »

DocTomoe wrote: post #923
jdubs1984 wrote: post #711

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On a dedicated device no less…what’s the point?! You have a phone.

Recently, I've been moving back to 'dedicated items' instead of 'everything on the phone'. It might be an old guy finding a love for vinyl, but having a dedicated camera, a dedicated notebook, a dedicated music player ... makes making photos, writing down notes or listening to music somehow more ... meaningful to me. Maybe because I do not get distracted by the other 999 functionalities of the phone while I am trying…

Dedicated devices are often mediocre because they have to be cheap and have crappy HW and a small battery. Look at Rabbit R or Humane AI Pin. You already have a high quality expensive phone, no need to buy another crappy electronic-waste-since-manufactured device

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by GuinansEyebrows »

baxtr wrote: post #667
abxyz wrote: post #646

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it’s not true, contemporaneous accounts disprove it (although that’s not to say Sam Altman is not a snake, Sam Altman is a snake that nobody should trust)

The only thing I still find good about SA is his opposition to Musk.

Eh. The petty squabbles of the wealthy usually aren't for the right reasons. Rich dicks just don't like people they view as competitors.

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Post by nazgulnarsil »

hylaride wrote: post #949
asveikau wrote: post #843

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Why does Ive need to be churning out continuous hits? There is no shame in quitting while ahead, or considering your previous success to be a tough act to follow. I feel similar about Zuckerberg. That guy should just let the government break up his empire, let some other people run the pieces, and retire. Otherwise he just faces humiliation and being in over his head. But I guess ego keeps these people going.

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Ive probably had to compromise a lot with Steve at the helm. It is generally regarded that (laptops especially) Apple hardware went to form over function when Ive got total control and when Apple finally reverted his vision was sidelined. If he has an ego, he probably really wants to have something is a Magnus Opus he can claim. It'll be interesting because good design…

good designers are obsessed with how things are used. the others are platonically wanking.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by osigurdson »

shafyy wrote: post #935
osigurdson wrote: post #929

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For me, OpenAI's venture into AI adjacent things (Windsurf, JI's company), is a signal that they are no longer seriously pursuing AGI.

They never seriously persued AGI. It's all a hype, a scam. When will people finally understand this?

My take is they persued what was possible and hoped that would lead to AGI. They and probably everyone in the space then used hype to get continued investment and maybe to some extent believed it themselves. It isn't all a scam however, ChatGPT is useful.

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Post by asveikau »

jdonaldson wrote: post #943
asveikau wrote: post #843

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Why does Ive need to be churning out continuous hits? There is no shame in quitting while ahead, or considering your previous success to be a tough act to follow. I feel similar about Zuckerberg. That guy should just let the government break up his empire, let some other people run the pieces, and retire. Otherwise he just faces humiliation and being in over his head. But I guess ego keeps these people going.

I still like original founders as CEO. Nothing beats the skin in the game from that.

Do you think meta is doing well with Zuck's skin? In the last 10 years their main success is through acquisitions, a most of their new initiatives fail miserably, and they've had nothing but PR scandals.

I recently read Careless People and I think it's hard to avoid the conclusion that he has been far out of his element for a long time.

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Post by asveikau »

osigurdson wrote: post #928
asveikau wrote: post #843

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Why does Ive need to be churning out continuous hits? There is no shame in quitting while ahead, or considering your previous success to be a tough act to follow. I feel similar about Zuckerberg. That guy should just let the government break up his empire, let some other people run the pieces, and retire. Otherwise he just faces humiliation and being in over his head. But I guess ego keeps these people going.

I think having a founder stay on and lead, well after they are financially independent is very respectable. It says they are interested in more than just chilling on the beach.

But when they cease to be competent and aren't able to admit it, it's less respectable.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by asveikau »

eloisant wrote: post #869
asveikau wrote: post #843

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Why does Ive need to be churning out continuous hits? There is no shame in quitting while ahead, or considering your previous success to be a tough act to follow. I feel similar about Zuckerberg. That guy should just let the government break up his empire, let some other people run the pieces, and retire. Otherwise he just faces humiliation and being in over his head. But I guess ego keeps these people going.

You don't get where Zuck is without a huge ego and power hunger. If is plan was to retire as a billionaire, he could have done so years ago.

This seems like cope and justification of bad behavior.
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