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That's disappointing to hear. I've generally liked Ed's writing but all his posts on AI / OAI specifically feel like they come from a place of seething animosit
by llbbdd 1y ago
That's disappointing to hear. I've generally liked Ed's writing but all his posts on AI / OAI specifically feel like they come from a place of seething animosity more than an interest in being critical or objective.
At least one of his posts repeated the claim that essentially all AI breakthroughs in the last few years are completely useless, which is just trainwreck hyperbole no matter where you lie on the spectrum as far as its utility or potential. I regularly use it for things now that feel like genuine magic, in wonder to the point of annoying my non-technical spouse, for whom it's just all stuff computers can do. I don't know if OpenAI is going to be a gazillion dollar business in ten years but they've certainly locked in enough customers - who are getting value out of it - to sustain for a while.
- fragmede 1y agoThat's not remotely surprising though if you've known anyone like how Ed presents himself through his writing and videos. I don't know him personally, so I can't speak to what he's actually like, but there's something about his writing style and how he comes off in his videos as a conviction that he's right and his got the secret truth and why won't everybody believe him. Cassandra's curse, perhaps, but naming it doesn't convince me.