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It’s in his (and his company’s) best interest to drive hype as hard and fast as he can. The deal they inked to go private includes penalties if they don’t do so
by alsetmusic 2y ago
It’s in his (and his company’s) best interest to drive hype as hard and fast as he can. The deal they inked to go private includes penalties if they don’t do so within a defined timeframe (two or three years, I think?). I believe the terms specify that they can be made to pay back investors if they fail to meet that goal. They don’t have that money, not even close. It would mean death for OpenAI.
Show me a better reason to lie and pump up your company’s tech and I’ll buy you lunch. AGI is nowhere on their (feasible) near-term roadmap.
- raincole 2y agoIt's also Marcus's best interest to push "LLM is hitting a wall" agenda. Check his blog. It's basically his whole online personality now. So Marcus and Altman are both speaking out of their agendas, except Altman has a product and Marcus has... a book.
- xnx 2y ago> except Altman has a product and Marcus has... a book. That makes it sound like Altman has even greater incentive for motivated reasoning.
- tjr 2y agoIf they signed such a deal, I wonder what the legal definition of AGI is?
- alsetmusic 2y agoI think it's only about going from non-profit to private, but I haven't read the deal.