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What a sad path to see such a bright star going down. I guess it’s not a huge surprise, but it really does paint a bleak picture of technology to see how narrow
by kbos87 6mo ago
What a sad path to see such a bright star going down. I guess it’s not a huge surprise, but it really does paint a bleak picture of technology to see how narrow the range of likely outcomes is. Doesn’t matter if you built the foundation for the future and cured cancer - the most likely outcome is being back to optimizing for engagement and revenue.
- giwook 6mo agoWelcome to late stage capitalism.
- parineum 6mo agoI struggle to understand what OpenAI would look like in a counter factual.
- harmonic18374 6mo agoLike Anthropic? Due to Altman being a lying psychopath, most of the talent left OpenAI, which is now fighting for its life -- but now they can't claim to have moral high ground or the best researchers anymore; profitability's the only way out remaining to them. Who knows? It could have always ended up this way anyway. But Altman had a pretty big role in summoning his own competition.
- parineum 6mo agoFirst, Anthropic exists in this same "late stage capitalism" environment so it's hard to hold that as a counter factual l. Second, Anthropic is the company that made a big public PR push to make a stand against the US government only to privately let the NSA use Mythos. Amodei and Altman aren't much different and neither is Anthropic. > profitability's the only way out remaining to them. It's the only way out for either of them. That's the nature of business.