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> Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has compared hype around AI to the dotcom bubble at the turn of the century Sam is the main one driving the hype, that'

• dist-epoch 1y ago
  Or now that he has the money he wants people to stop investing in the competition.
• bux93 1y ago
  But then, he's purposely comparing it to the .com bubble - that bubble had some underlying merit. He could compare it to NFTs, the metaverse, the South Sea Company. It wouldn't make sense for him to say it's not a bubble when it's patently clear, so he picks his bubble.
• nijave 1y ago
  Facebook, Twitter, and some others made it out of the social media bubble. Some "gig" apps survived the gig bubble. Some crypto apps survived peak crypto hype Not everyone has to lose which he's presumably banking on
  • _heimdall 1y ago
    Right, he's hoping to be Amazon rather than Pets.com in the sitcom bubble analogy.
• motorest 1y ago
  > Sam is the main one driving the hype, that's rich... It's also funny that he's been accusing those who accept better job offers as mercenaries. It does sound like the statements try to modulate competition both in the AI race and in acquiring the talent driving it.
• cedws 1y ago
  Now that you mention it, there's been a very sudden tone shift from both Altman and Zuckerberg. What's going on?
  • logicchains 1y ago
    GPT-5 was a massive disappointment to people expecting LLMs to accelerate to the singularity. Unless Google comes out with something amazing in the next Gemini, all the people betting on AI firms owning the singularity will be rethinking their bets.