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I agree, Satya is an operator. He translated a mess into a historic opportunity for Microsoft. They'll get some significant chunk of some of the best AI talent
by bagofsand 3y ago
I agree, Satya is an operator. He translated a mess into a historic opportunity for Microsoft. They'll get some significant chunk of some of the best AI talent on the planet. All the heatseakers will go there. That, plus the IP they already have, will turbocharge Microsoft.
OpenAI, in contrast, will become more like an academic research unit at some university. Those who prefer life slow and steady, will select to stay there, making tech for effective altruists.
- gryn 3y agothey make nothing open source, so I'm not sure why effective altruits would join it. if they can't predict and contain the consequences of their own actions, how can they predict and contain their so claimed future AGI.
- gryn 3y agothey make nothing open source, so I'm not sure why effective altruists would join it. if they can't predict and contain the consequences of their own actions, how can they predict and contain their so claimed future "AGI".
- bee_rider 3y agoIs there any reason to assume open source is a prerequisite for effective altruism? Open source doesn’t necessarily imply good for humanity, for example distributing open source designs for nukes would probably be a net negative. And even if it did, effective altruists wouldn’t need to prioritize the benefit provided by openness over all other possibilities.
- vacuity 3y agoI don't think relying on a proprietary license to make sure enemies can't get AI for nukes is a sane security model. Something else needs to give.
- thelittleone 3y agoOperator?
- zrail 3y agoOperator in this context refers to someone who successfully runs a business that someone else founded. Often the visionary founder is not good at the nuts and bolts of running and growing a business so they hand off the reins to someone who is. Think Steve Jobs vs Tim Cook.
- benatkin 3y agoIt doesn’t mean that at all, it’s slang https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=operator https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=operator
- yulker 3y agoIt has a meaning in a business context apart from a slang term
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- mrDmrTmrJ 3y agoFor a decade, "operator" in Silicon Valley as has been used exactly as the commentator above describes it. Which creates separation from "investor" or "engineer" or "founder" or "PM" or "sales" or "finance". Somebody has to make stuff happen in organizations. And the people who are good at it (Satya is excellent) set their organizations up for unique success. And yes, ex-special forces people roll their eyes at it. Which is appropriate! But the usage is now totally distinct.
- benatkin 3y agoIt seems like underselling the successful part and overselling the part about not being the founder, but I can see it's a slang term. Thanks. And yeah I'm wrong about it being the same term, though I did imagine a different use, I was also thinking of smooth operator, apparently I was unfamiliar with the term in tech.