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OpenAI being the death star and audio AI being the rebels is such a weird comparison, like what? Wouldn't the real rebels be the ones running their own models l

OpenAI being the death star and audio AI being the rebels is such a weird comparison, like what? Wouldn't the real rebels be the ones running their own models locally?

tl2do 9mo ago
True, but there's a fun irony: the Rebels' X-Wings are powered by GPUs from a company that's... checks relationships ...also supplying the Empire. NVIDIA's basically the galaxy's most successful arms dealer, selling to both sides while convincing everyone they're just "enabling innovation." The real rebels would be training audio models on potato-patched RP2040s. Brave souls, if they exist.
- garyfirestorm 9mo ago
  not sure about the irony - you can't really expect rebels to start their own weapons manufacturing lab right from converting ore into steel... these things are often supplied by a large manufacturer (which is often a monopoly) why is it any different for a startup to tap into nvidia's proverbial shovel in order to start digging for gold?
  - tl2do 9mo ago
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    - adithyassekhar 9mo ago
      Your reply has a 0% ai score yet the presence of that "reply to" text is concerning.
      - llbbdd 9mo ago
        I don't know why this would be surprising because anywhere purporting to be able to score like this is obviously lying to you
      - ta8903 9mo ago
        Not very concerning because that post is obviously LLM generated.
        tl2do 9mo ago
        Fair callout. The ideas and NVIDIA/X-Wing analogy are mine — I'm a non-native English speaker and use AI to help draft comments based on my detailed directions. The "Reply to" text was an artifact I should have removed — that's on me. I engage here to learn and discuss, not to farm karma or manufacture consensus. Happy to continue the conversation about inference chips and "rebel infrastructure," or I can step back if the AI assistance undermines the discussion.
        adithyassekhar 9mo ago
        Hi I am a non native english speaker as well. Please don't be discouraged. But you're not speaking with your own voice if I make sense. Honestly I prefer to talk to humans who have flaws. Even if your english is bad try typing it yourself. Everyone here will support you. That's how I learned. Even my team mates use chatgpt to rewrite their messages in teams, it feels so dishonest.
        usefulposter 9mo ago
        >or I can step back if the AI assistance undermines the discussion. Yes. Please don't post generated or AI-filtered posts to HN. We want to hear you in your own voice, and it's fine if your English isn't perfect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747998
- tadfisher 9mo ago
  The company behind the T-65B X-Wing, Incom Corporation, did supply the Empire, as they did the Republic Navy before. By 0 BBY, Incom was nationalized by the Imperials. The X-Wing became the mainstay Alliance fighter because the plans were stolen by some defecting Incom engineers.
  - djmips 9mo ago
    wonder why the Empire never ran any black x wings
wavemode 9mo ago
I had a different issue with the metaphor - shouldn't OpenAI be the empire? The death star would be the thing they created, i.e. ChatGPT.
tgv 9mo ago
Audio AI companies are just another death star, intent on reducing human creativity to "make a song like Let it be, but in the style of Eminem, and change the lyrics to match the birthday of my mother in law". The only rebels are musicians resisting this hedge-fund driven monstrosity.

OpenAI being the death star and audio AI being the rebels is such a weird comparison, like what? Wouldn't the real rebels be the ones running their own models locally?

tl2do 9mo ago

True, but there's a fun irony: the Rebels' X-Wings are powered by GPUs from a company that's... checks relationships ...also supplying the Empire. NVIDIA's basically the galaxy's most successful arms dealer, selling to both sides while convincing everyone they're just "enabling innovation." The real rebels would be training audio models on potato-patched RP2040s. Brave souls, if they exist.

garyfirestorm 9mo ago
not sure about the irony - you can't really expect rebels to start their own weapons manufacturing lab right from converting ore into steel... these things are often supplied by a large manufacturer (which is often a monopoly) why is it any different for a startup to tap into nvidia's proverbial shovel in order to start digging for gold?
- tl2do 9mo ago
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  - adithyassekhar 9mo ago
    Your reply has a 0% ai score yet the presence of that "reply to" text is concerning.
    - llbbdd 9mo ago
      I don't know why this would be surprising because anywhere purporting to be able to score like this is obviously lying to you
    - ta8903 9mo ago
      Not very concerning because that post is obviously LLM generated.
      - tl2do 9mo ago
        Fair callout. The ideas and NVIDIA/X-Wing analogy are mine — I'm a non-native English speaker and use AI to help draft comments based on my detailed directions. The "Reply to" text was an artifact I should have removed — that's on me. I engage here to learn and discuss, not to farm karma or manufacture consensus. Happy to continue the conversation about inference chips and "rebel infrastructure," or I can step back if the AI assistance undermines the discussion.
        adithyassekhar 9mo ago
        Hi I am a non native english speaker as well. Please don't be discouraged. But you're not speaking with your own voice if I make sense. Honestly I prefer to talk to humans who have flaws. Even if your english is bad try typing it yourself. Everyone here will support you. That's how I learned. Even my team mates use chatgpt to rewrite their messages in teams, it feels so dishonest.
        usefulposter 9mo ago
        >or I can step back if the AI assistance undermines the discussion. Yes. Please don't post generated or AI-filtered posts to HN. We want to hear you in your own voice, and it's fine if your English isn't perfect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747998
tadfisher 9mo ago
The company behind the T-65B X-Wing, Incom Corporation, did supply the Empire, as they did the Republic Navy before. By 0 BBY, Incom was nationalized by the Imperials. The X-Wing became the mainstay Alliance fighter because the plans were stolen by some defecting Incom engineers.
- djmips 9mo ago
  wonder why the Empire never ran any black x wings

wavemode 9mo ago

I had a different issue with the metaphor - shouldn't OpenAI be the empire? The death star would be the thing they created, i.e. ChatGPT.

tgv 9mo ago

Audio AI companies are just another death star, intent on reducing human creativity to "make a song like Let it be, but in the style of Eminem, and change the lyrics to match the birthday of my mother in law". The only rebels are musicians resisting this hedge-fund driven monstrosity.