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I'm watching the announcement live from the white house and something about this just feels so strange and dystopian.

by whalesalad 2y ago

Willingham 2y ago
Agreed, and whats the story behind the art chosen for the landing page?
- EForEndeavour 2y ago
  I'm also curious how a global leader in multimodal generative AI chose this particular image. Did they prompt a generator for a super messy impressionist painting of red construction cranes with visible brush strokes, distorted to the point of barely being able to discern what the image represents?
  - miltonlost 2y ago
    Considering Stargate's introduction and plan seems to be a super messy concept of impressions of ideas and very lacking in details, the picture makes a lot of sense. Let AI evangelists see the future in the fuzz; let AI pessimists see failure in the abstract; let investors see $$$ in their pockets.
  - deleted 2y ago
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tux3 2y ago
Well, the silver lining is the incredible human capacity to get used to almost any situation given enough time It will get weirder, but only relatively so, the concept of normalcy always trailing just a little bit behind as we slide
bcye 2y ago
Reference for others: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1ff0HhNMso https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1ff0HhNMso
miltonlost 2y ago
For me it's watching a gay man grovel at the feet of one of the most anti-LGBT politicians, a day after Trump signed multiple executive orders that dehumanized Altman and the LGBT community. Every token thinks they're special until they're spent.
- cpursley 2y ago
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  - rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
    > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.
    - cpursley 2y ago
      That was my literal point to parent.
      - rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
        [flagged]
- whalesalad 2y ago
  sama, peter thiel ... they dgaf. there is a huge difference between an oppressed gay person and a wealthy one. no one wants to bite the hand that feeds.
- ImJamal 2y ago
  Trump was the first president to come into office supporting gay marriage. Trump only has a problem with the "t" part of the community and only in bathrooms and sports, not in general.
  - mpalmer 2y ago
    This didn't age well.

I'm watching the announcement live from the white house and something about this just feels so strange and dystopian.

Willingham 2y ago

Agreed, and whats the story behind the art chosen for the landing page?

EForEndeavour 2y ago
I'm also curious how a global leader in multimodal generative AI chose this particular image. Did they prompt a generator for a super messy impressionist painting of red construction cranes with visible brush strokes, distorted to the point of barely being able to discern what the image represents?
- miltonlost 2y ago
  Considering Stargate's introduction and plan seems to be a super messy concept of impressions of ideas and very lacking in details, the picture makes a lot of sense. Let AI evangelists see the future in the fuzz; let AI pessimists see failure in the abstract; let investors see $$$ in their pockets.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]

tux3 2y ago

Well, the silver lining is the incredible human capacity to get used to almost any situation given enough time It will get weirder, but only relatively so, the concept of normalcy always trailing just a little bit behind as we slide

bcye 2y ago

Reference for others: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1ff0HhNMso https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1ff0HhNMso

miltonlost 2y ago

For me it's watching a gay man grovel at the feet of one of the most anti-LGBT politicians, a day after Trump signed multiple executive orders that dehumanized Altman and the LGBT community. Every token thinks they're special until they're spent.

cpursley 2y ago
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- rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
  > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.
  - cpursley 2y ago
    That was my literal point to parent.
    - rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
      [flagged]
whalesalad 2y ago
sama, peter thiel ... they dgaf. there is a huge difference between an oppressed gay person and a wealthy one. no one wants to bite the hand that feeds.
ImJamal 2y ago
Trump was the first president to come into office supporting gay marriage. Trump only has a problem with the "t" part of the community and only in bathrooms and sports, not in general.
- mpalmer 2y ago
  This didn't age well.