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The whole thing was a scam

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Re: The whole thing was a scam

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The only human to authorize a nuclear attack…

Hunter Thompson? Not saying he wouldn't have banged on the button, for all he was worth, but no one in their right (or even severely sick) mind would ever let him near it.

Looks like he's referring to Harry S. Truman.

Probably doesn't know who Thompson was.

I'll never forget Thompson speaking at my school as the war in Vietnam was drawing to a close.

He did not mince words.

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Just cancelled my chatgpt subscription.

That's a wrong move I guess (you willingly take pain but no one else suffers). The right one would be to get an Anthropic subscription. And an even better one would be to donate to the Democrats.

I already have an Anthropic sub.

There is not a single Democrat candidate I agree with or would gladly donate to. That party is almost as much of a joke as the Republicans are, and they all fuck kids anyways.

Besides, that money would only end up being spent on an absentee, self-obsessed, do-nothing Governor who wants to play more corrupt politics like his Aunt. Scam artists across the board.

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Not to mention trafficking and raping children

I still fail to see if that is their side hobby or the entire point for them.

To get into power, you need to be supposed by others (the vast majority of the time).

For those doing the supporting, they often want to be assured that they’ll not be hurt or retaliated against by those they put ‘above’ them.

So, leverage, and what is the best kind of leverage? the most despicable thing one can think of.

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OAI and USG have publicly stated deal is materially different. On what basis does anyone think the deal is the same?

Because Altman says the deal is the same.

No he has clearly said there are differences. He has said that the points around what it may be used for are the same. HOWEVER, he has also stated that the definitions and enforcement are left to US law in the OAI contract. These were left to Anthropic in theirs.

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We're still here mostly because these are the dollar store fascists. If they were really competent this would be the fourth reich already by now and all brown people would have been exterminated in concentration camps.

Have you ever considered that they’re not fascists at all, don’t have the goals that you’re claiming they have, and don’t hold any of the views you claim they have?

They say they hold fascistic views publicly, they praise fascists in other countries, current or deceased, and they are enacting fascistic policies all over, why would I consider that?

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You know those people have existed since practically forever, right? You learn to tune it out and then you never notice if they start being less wrong.

> You know those people have existed since practically forever, right? Yes. > You learn to tune it out and then you never notice if they start being less wrong. Speak for yourself. I have not tuned them out, I notice them a lot.

I don't speak for myself because I don't tune it out either.

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PS: If openly bribing a crony gov to cancel your competitor is now the de-facto standard of making business in the US, I don't see how any rational investor could still see US companies as a secure investment. When the rule of law degrades into pay-to-play politics, the inevitable result is a mass exodus of both capital and top-tier talent.

This has pretty much always been happening, it’s more brazen under Trump

Re: The whole thing was a scam

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To summarize all nepotism indicators posted here by various people: - The Kushner family has invested in OpenAI. - OpenAI uses Oracle cloud. Ellison is close to Trump. - Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (the “spy sheikh") has invested $500 million in World Liberty and is also invested in OpenAI. - Altman is a protege of Thiel, whose Palantir integrates the external AI at the Pentagon. - The scam occurs right before…

It feels like everyone is desperate to hate on Sam all the time. He’s made his mistakes but it feels way beyond what’s called for.

There is this constant boogeyman narrative with him I find very disingenuous

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HST = Hunter S. Thompson, an American writer and journalist.

I assumed that was the ethos of High Speed Trading.

I usually see that referred to as High Frequency Trading

If you’re unfamiliar with HST, I highly recommend Hell’s Angels and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72

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The only war is class war, but those at the top spend a lot of money creating new culture wars instead to keep us busy.

"With, without, And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?"

Out of the way, it’s a busy day! I’ve got things on my mind.
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