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OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1B from SoftBank for AI device venture

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Re: OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1B from SoftBank for AI device venture

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I dunno, I'd take a glass of juice over cryptocurrency from a retina-scanning orb.

At least the creepy orb is trying to solve a problem that actually exists. Namely how do you know the guy you are talking to is a real person? And especially, how do you know the guy you are donating money to is a real person?

I’ll know he’s a real person if he gives me a glass of juice.

Re: OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1B from SoftBank for AI device venture

#103

$1Bn pre launch funding + Softbank = not a good omen

I don't know much about softbank, but my brain strongly associates them with bad bets, failure, and losing money.

They invested in Alibaba about 20 years ago, made something like 2000x their investment ($20M to $50B), and have been wrong about everything since.

They were an early investor in WeWork, and paid Adam Neumann to go away instead of throwing him out head first.

Re: OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1B from SoftBank for AI device venture

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If you're this good when trolling for 5 minutes, I would be amazed to see you work seriously. Honestly some of those ideas are... terrible, of course, but awesome in their own distorted way. And also very Ive-like. Bravo, sir.

This is hardly trolling. I just birthed 12 startups.

I have 12 checks ready to go.

Re: OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1B from SoftBank for AI device venture

#105

Man, I can't even begin to imagine what they're going to come up with. Titanium AIPods. Non-detachable alluminum RayBans. Google Glass, but it's a literal Black Mirror worn on your face. Self-driving Segway. Transparent plastic smart lunchbox. Electric long-board that's also a tablet. Fist-mountable selfdefense impact jackhammer. 5G base station Zurb ball. A keyboard that starts repeating nnnn when you think of what…

You should visit https://www.halfbakery.com/
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