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It now seems inevitable that the first* AGI will fall into the hands of Microsoft rather than OpenAI. OpenAI won't keep their favorable Azure cloud compute pri

by cbeach 3y ago

It now seems inevitable that the first* AGI will fall into the hands of Microsoft rather than OpenAI. OpenAI won't keep their favorable Azure cloud compute pricing now MS have their own in-house AI function. That will set OpenAI back considerably, aside from the potential loss of their CEO and up to 490 other employees. All of this seems to have worked out remarkably well for Microsoft. Nadella could barely have engineered a better outcome... If Bill Gates (of Borg - I miss SlashDot) was still at the helm, a lot of people would be frightened by what's about to come (MS AGI etc). How does Nadella's ethical record compare? Are Microsoft the good guys now? Or are they still the bad guys, but after being downtrodden by Apple and Google, bad guys without the means to be truly evil? --- *and last, if you believe the Doomers

davidw 3y ago
> Are Microsoft the good guys now I don't think any huge corporation is "the good guys", although sometimes they do some good things.
nmfisher 3y ago
> It now seems inevitable that the first* AGI will fall into the hands of Microsoft rather than OpenAI. Avoiding this was literally the reason that OpenAI was founded. For the record, I don't believe anyone at OpenAI or Microsoft is going to deliver AGI any time in the near future. I think this whole episode just proves that none of these people are remotely qualified to be the gatekeepers for anything.