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OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Re: OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Post by venturecruelty »

Maxatar wrote: post #2

I only see three fairly superficial paragraphs. Is there more to the article behind a paywall?

There are several published methods for reading Atlantic articles. I don't think anyone can make the judgement call for what you should and shouldn't read. Why not give it a shot?

Re: OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Post by sendes »

Around May, Altman said to FT that his job was the "most important job maybe in history" (FT: https://www.ft.com/content/a3d65804-1cf3-4d67-ac79-9b78a10b6...). He did come back from brink of death before as well. But steering OpenAI into an "ecosystem" rather than a focusing on the product when you are up against the likes of Google? Seems like cashing in on the hype too early.

Re: OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Post by Maxatar »

venturecruelty wrote: post #3
Maxatar wrote: post #2

I only see three fairly superficial paragraphs. Is there more to the article behind a paywall?

There are several published methods for reading Atlantic articles. I don't think anyone can make the judgement call for what you should and shouldn't read. Why not give it a shot?

I didn't ask about what I should or shouldn't do and don't really care about your opinion on what I should read. I was surprised by how short and superficial the article was as originally linked and wanted to know if that was due to a paywall blocking the more substantive portion of the article or whether the article is just three brief paragraphs.

Re: OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Post by mrandish »

Maxatar wrote: post #2

I only see three fairly superficial paragraphs. Is there more to the article behind a paywall?

I count 8 fairly brief paragraphs in the article. The last sentence is "Altman’s “code red” declaration is a reminder that, despite OpenAI’s unprecedented rise, it remains very much a start-up."

I use a Firefox add-on to Bypass Paywalls.

Re: OpenAI Is in Trouble

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Post by mrandish »

sendes wrote: post #6

Around May, Altman said to FT that his job was the "most important job maybe in history" (FT: https://www.ft.com/content/a3d65804-1cf3-4d67-ac79-9b78a10b6... ). He did come back from brink of death before as well. But steering OpenAI into an "ecosystem" rather than a focusing on the product when you are up against the likes of Google? Seems like cashing in on the hype too early.

> Altman said to FT that his job was the "most important job maybe in history"

The lack of self-awareness in some experienced senior execs (who should know better) continues to stun me. Even if I suspected that sentiment about the importance of the job I was doing might be correct, I'd never say it - especially in an on-the-record media interview. Two reasons: 1. Any statement like that has a high probability of coming across very poorly, 2. It's a proposition that can only be judged in retrospect by people external to the context.

Frankly, I think the odds are at least 50/50 that Open AI will someday be considered the Pets.com (or even Enron) of early AI.

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