Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence • Hacker News Board

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by ldjkfkdsjnv » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:33 PM UTC

I love facebook. I hate other big tech companies. Facebook has done far more for software than any other company in the last 15 years. They:

1. Pushed salaries up across the board. Many people are not aware, but facebook was a major driver behind the 500k+ senior engineering pay.

2. Released major open source software: PyTorch, React, GraphQL, React Native. They basically invented modern web development.

Facebook is basically the only game in town when it comes to open source. Whatsmore, Mark Zuckerberg should be more widely applauded. I know his open source ai strategy has capitalist roots, but its still great for the world.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

#102

Post by colordrops » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:34 PM UTC

ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #101

I love facebook. I hate other big tech companies. Facebook has done far more for software than any other company in the last 15 years. They: 1. Pushed salaries up across the board. Many people are not aware, but facebook was a major driver behind the 500k+ senior engineering pay. 2. Released major open source software: PyTorch, React, GraphQL, React Native. They basically invented modern web development. Facebook is…

Netflix is similar along these fronts.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by jassyr » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:34 PM UTC

asgsdfg43rg wrote: post #98

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When I was younger I was naive to think these business leaders were some types of geniuses. Turns out every one of them is just jumping from one hype to the next, hoping something sticks. If it doesn't, write it off. If it hits, they're a genius.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by andy99 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:35 PM UTC

hackernoteng wrote: post #99

Why open source it? Just another virtue signal while their real motivation is something more sinister? They are a for-profit publicly owned company. Are investors happy about spending billions to open-source it?

a, they're not really open sourcing it, they're releasing it under a license that says you can use it for what they say. So it's marketing mostly, both external and internal to try and appease the "AI ethics" crowd. And honestly, b, their strategy is incoherent anyway. It's a tech company with too much money and no acute market pressure hoping to find something that sticks.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by mewpmewp2 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:35 PM UTC

sublinear wrote: post #82

Can someone provide insight into why there's so much insistence from business that magic happens at scale with LLMs? We're a long way from AGI. The lack of meaningful details in these announcements makes me pessimistic.

How do you know how long away we are?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by victorbstan » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:35 PM UTC

They certainly have a large stockpile of the cringiest boomer dataset on the planet, rivaled only by LinkedIn. Soon the AI loop will generate the largest neuron deactivation loop in human history.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by Minor49er » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:35 PM UTC

ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #100

asgsdfg43rg wrote: post #98

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AI will power the metaverse, it was the missing piece.

I thought the missing piece was the userbase

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by 7thaccount » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:36 PM UTC

ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #101

I love facebook. I hate other big tech companies. Facebook has done far more for software than any other company in the last 15 years. They: 1. Pushed salaries up across the board. Many people are not aware, but facebook was a major driver behind the 500k+ senior engineering pay. 2. Released major open source software: PyTorch, React, GraphQL, React Native. They basically invented modern web development. Facebook is…

I think it's fine to applaud their pro open source behavior, while still being critical of the ill they've released upon society. Cambridge Analytica and spreading mob violence in some countries come to mind.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by Animats » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:38 PM UTC

Remember "Facebook: It's free and always will be"?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence

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Post by vermilingua » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 9:38 PM UTC

ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #101

I love facebook. I hate other big tech companies. Facebook has done far more for software than any other company in the last 15 years. They: 1. Pushed salaries up across the board. Many people are not aware, but facebook was a major driver behind the 500k+ senior engineering pay. 2. Released major open source software: PyTorch, React, GraphQL, React Native. They basically invented modern web development. Facebook is…

> They forced the whole industry to pay up.

And now we have industry-wide layoffs and a massive cooling of the job market.

> They basically invented modern web development.

Which is essentially a non-stop carosel that encourages cargo-culting and factory-farming of interns from boot camps.