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Who can forget "the orb", altman seems like a complete clown who lucked into the holy grail that is openai: https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/21/sam-altman-orb

• darkerside 3y ago
  > The orb isn’t a perfect sphere but two halves that come together at an angle that matches the orbit of the Earth Can't tell if this is meaningless, the reporter just failed to convey its actual meaning, or I am too dumb to understand
  • SOLAR_FIELDS 3y ago
    Has to be one of the first two. Maybe it’s some sort of reference to how the earth itself isn’t actually a perfect sphere?
    • coldbrewed 3y ago
      > After a person’s iris is captured, the biometric data never leaves the orb, they explain, instead converting it into the IrisCode, which itself is only used to create a verification of a person’s uniqueness through a convoluted system of zero-knowledge proofs and proto-danksharding. It's definitely both of the first two.
      • darkerside 3y ago
        I somehow read over that drivel. I guess my mind is developing a garbage filter that operates using proto dank sharing.
        • verall 3y ago
          *proto-dank-sharting
    • chongli 3y ago
      People seem to love making a big deal out of the earth not being a perfect sphere. In reality, the earth is like 3 tenths of a percent out of round (equatorial bulge is 0.003 of equatorial radius). This works out to about 21km which puts Mount Everest to shame but is really nothing compared to the 6371km mean radius of the earth.
  • GuB-42 3y ago
    What I think it means, looking at pictures of the orb is that it is indeed made of two halves, with a well defined seam line. The bottom is flat, presumably so that it doesn't roll over, making it not a perfect sphere. And when laid down on that flat spot, the seam between the two halves is at an angle that seems to correspond to the earth axial tilt (about 23.5°).
    • darkerside 3y ago
      Ahh thank you, that makes sense
    • throwuwu 3y ago
      That’s some serious garbling on behalf of the author then
• sage76 3y ago
  A high school grad is in charge of a cutting edge AI startup. Generally I wouldn't gatekeep, but here, it seems apt.
  • s1gnp0st 3y ago
    Thankfully, it doesn't appear that you're in the position to gate-keep this. The American education system is no measure of a person's worth. I've already built and sold one startup somehow despite your sneering, and I dropped out after a semester and a half. I'm now working on my second. Try to avoid the urge to casually dismiss entire categories of people because you want to elevate yourself above one of them. Books are available without spending $40k per year.
• api 3y ago
  Yeah the instant I start thinking maybe this guy is fine I remember Worldcoin, which is either utterly delusional or a scam. If it's the former then why is this guy being handed the keys to insanely important positions? If it's the latter, then... why is this guy being handed the keys to insanely important positions? If you don't know what Worldcoin is, look it up. It doesn't really need any commentary. The fact that this dude was basically handed YCombinator and then handed OpenAI shows how incestuous the inside-most track of Silicon Valley is. I guess it's pretty much identical to Hollywood.
  • s5300 3y ago
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• JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
  > > Who can forget "the orb", altman seems like a complete clown who lucked into the holy grail that is openai It's like that for every billionaire, humanity will make some X progress in some Y field and some lucky schnook will find themselves in the epicenter of it all. Just like on the other hand an Earthquake will stuck in coordinates X,Y and some poor unlucky schnook Z will find themselves in the epicenter of it all