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John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
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Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#32I wonder if Carmacks moral compass is in order. First he sticks around at Facebook, now he endangers humanity with AGI. And i'm only half joking.
Just don't let him run those teleportation experiments in Mars.
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#33"I could write a $20M check myself"
Every day, all day. Same boat here.
I went to the bank to ask for a mortgage. They asked for my financials. "Oh, well, knowing that other people's money is on the line engenders a greater sense of discipline and determination."
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#34Artificial general intelligence (AGI) — in other words, systems that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human can. Not in my lifetime, not in this millennium. Possibly in the year 2,300. Weird way to blow $20 million.
Doesn't imply any task, just a wide variety of tasks. 10 years at most.
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#35Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#36Artificial general intelligence (AGI) — in other words, systems that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human can. Not in my lifetime, not in this millennium. Possibly in the year 2,300. Weird way to blow $20 million.
You are probably right, but if anyone can make a dent Carmak is the person.
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#37> This is explicitly a focusing effort for me. I could write a $20M check myself, but knowing that other people's money is on the line engenders a greater sense of discipline and determination. Dude doesn't even need the money...
In the companies I've seen that are funded by the founder directly, the founder winds up with an unhealthy (actually, toxic) personalization of the company. It quite literally belongs to him, and he treats the employees accordingly.
that's a function of Silicon Valley personalities and the narcissism. When normal people run such a company we call that a family business
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#38I thought he just said on the Lex Fridman show he was down to one day a week, working on AGI?
The inverse, and he also mentioned that he had just finished signing a deal for the VC money just before the interview
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#39> This is explicitly a focusing effort for me. I could write a $20M check myself, but knowing that other people's money is on the line engenders a greater sense of discipline and determination. Dude doesn't even need the money...
Best humble brag I’ve ever seen.
If you liked that you'll love the Lex Fridman interview.
Re: John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
#40Artificial general intelligence (AGI) — in other words, systems that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human can. Not in my lifetime, not in this millennium. Possibly in the year 2,300. Weird way to blow $20 million.
You have some catching up to do. Consensus is dropping to this lifetime for sure, if not this decade.