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The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Re: The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Post by catdog »

binary132 wrote: post #114
moomoo11 wrote: post #78

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That’s ok, but AI is useful in particular use cases for many people. I use it a lot and I prefer the Codex 5.2 extra high reasoning model. The AI slop and dumb shit on IG/YT is like the LCD of humans though. They’ve always been there and always will be there to be annoying af. Before AI slop we had brain rot made by humans. I think over time it (LLM based) will become like an augmenter, not something like what they’r…

some people are so determined to be positive about AI that at some point it just comes across like they’re getting paid to be

Maybe some/many even are? For "AI" companies it's not really a big expense in comparison and they depend hugely on keeping the hype going.

Re: The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Post by nixass »

chihuahua wrote: post #98
pinnochio wrote: post #58

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All the manipulation and lying that got him fired.

He is a pretty interesting case. According to the book "Empire of AI" about OpenAI, he lies constantly, even about things that are too trivial to matter. So it may be part of some compulsive behavior. And when two people want different things from him, he "resolves" the conflict by agreeing with each of them separately, and then each assumes they got what they wanted, until they talk to the other person and find out…

> Really not a person who is qualified to run a company, except the constant lying is good for fundraising and PR.

For a brief moment I thought you were talking about Elon there

Re: The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Post by LunaSea »

pizlonator wrote: post #165
okhobb wrote: post #132

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Is CEO likeability a reliable predictor?

good point. I don't think it is at all The CEO just has to have followership: the people who work there have to think that this is a good person to follow. Even they don't have to "like" him

Ask Tesla about the impact of their CEOs likeability on their sales.

Re: The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Post by csallen »

jacquesm wrote: post #66
moomoo11 wrote: post #62

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I actually think Sam is “better” than say Elon or Dario because he seems like a typical SF/SV tech bro. You probably know the type (not talking about some 600k TC fang worker, I mean entrepreneurs). He says a lot of fluff, doesn’t try to be very extreme, and focuses on selling. I don’t know him personally but he comes across like an average person if that makes sense (in this environment that is). I think I personall…

> I actually think Sam is “better” than say Elon or even Dario because he seems like a typical SF/SV tech bro. If you nail the bar to the floor, then sure, you can pass over it. > He says a lot of fluff, doesn’t try to be very extreme, and focuses on selling. I don't now what your definition of extreme is but by mine he's pretty extreme. > I think I personally prefer that over Elon’s self induced mental illnesses and…

> All of them suffer from thinking their money makes them somehow better.

Let's assume they think they're better than others.

What makes you think that they think it's because of their money, as opposed to, say, because of their success at growing their products and businesses to the top of their field?

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Post by tester756 »

misiti3780 wrote: post #156
andrewstuart wrote: post #147

Google has the data and the TPUs and the massive cash to advance. Microsoft has GitHub - the world’s biggest pile of code training data, plus infinite cash. OpenAI has …… none of these advantages.

this is the argument i continue to have with people. first mover isnt always an advantage - i think openai will be sold or pennies on these dollars someday (next 5 years after they run out of funding). Google has data, TPUs, and a shitload of cash to burn

>first mover isnt always an advantage

but in this case it is, ChatGPT name is really, really strong, it's like "just google it" instead of "just search the web"

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Post by mattmanser »

moomoo11 wrote: post #74
ryanSrich wrote: post #65

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Elon is one of the most unlikable people on the planet, so I wouldn't consider him much of a bar.

It’s kind of sad. I can’t believe I used to like him back in the iron man days. Back then I thought he was cool for the various ideas and projects he was working on. I still think many of those are great but he as a person let me down. Now I have him muted on X.

But you're still on Twitter and calling it X...

Re: The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

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Post by catdog »

xvector wrote: post #95
bredren wrote: post #72

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How about Apple? How is Apple training its next foundation models?

Apple is sitting this whole thing out. Bizarre.

Well they tried and they failed. In that case maybe the smartest move is not to play. Looks like the technology is largely turning into a commodity in the long run anyways. So sitting this out and letting others make the mistakes first might not be the worst of all ideas.

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Post by redanddead »

catdog wrote: post #186
okhobb wrote: post #132

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Is CEO likeability a reliable predictor?

I think it depends how visible the CEO is to (potential) customers, in this case very visible, he is in the media all the time.

They pay to be in the media
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