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I think the more precise question is can Sam Inc. become bigger than Elon Inc. Both extraordinarily smart and hard working. I really like Elon's anti-patent s
by breck 4y ago
I think the more precise question is can Sam Inc. become bigger than Elon Inc.
Both extraordinarily smart and hard working.
I really like Elon's anti-patent stance. SamA backpedaled a bit on the openness with OpenAI, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was a short term move and in the long run it will become more open again.
I think Elon is in the much better position because he sells physical objects.
I think OpenAI still has very existential risks to their business model. In the long run open source is an OOM cheaper way to create software than closed source, and as long as Apple keeps cranking out faster processors the open source community will be able to reproduce and exceed OpenAI's cloud offerings. I think SaaS may be more of a fad than people realize.
But Sam has diversified big with big bets on fusion and other things. I would expect he comes up with a business in the real world that has more of a moat than a business dependent on (c)opywrong law.
It's a fun competition to watch.
My money is definitely on Elon, but SamA is probably the next best entrepreneur in the game today.
- Jensson 4y ago> but I wouldn't be surprised if that was a short term move and in the long run it will become more open again. Naive people is why such strategies works.
- breck 4y agoSigh. You are probably right. :(
- potamic 4y agoHere we go again. I don't know if it's the PR machine gaining steam, but there has been a flurry of posts propping up Sam Altman across social media lately. He's just another serial investor who struck timely fortune during a great boom. Why do we feel the need to put financiers on a pedestal? These people, by the very nature of their role, have interests that are largely unaligned with society and history generally shows them to be a net negative on the world in the end. Besides, an orgranisation is always greater than any individual, and we should judge organisations, or any groups of people for that matter, as their whole and not singularly. Sometimes it feels us plebians always seek out a superhero in our lives. With Musk going full villain, there is a void that needs to be filled. Perhaps, in a world where all else is lost, this is the one thing that can keep the spirit going.
- breck 4y ago> Why do we feel the need to put financiers on a pedestal? I don't put him on a moral pedestal. Just at the game of startups, he's one of the best. I don't take my moral advice from Lebron but I respect the heck out of him. > interests that are largely unaligned with society I think the jury is still out on SamA. > With Musk going full villain I can't disagree strongly enough with this. Musk is a hero. I'm not sure people realize how much censorship was winning in the USA prior to Musk buying Twitter. Scary days.
- latexr 4y ago> I think the jury is still out on SamA. He’s the originator of the Worldcoin scam: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-crypto-eyeball-scanning-orb-problems https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-...
- kingkongjaffa 4y ago>Musk is a hero. Insane.