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961.
by golergka 3y ago
The only way this story could get any more stupider is if we find out that the conflict between Sam and Ilya or D'Angelo started because of something related to personal romantic relationships between them and some other involved indiv
962.
by golergka 3y ago
Matching 90B valuation for compensations would only equal 90B if you assume that 100% of that valuation went to employees. Which sounds pretty far fetched, if you ask me.
963.
by golergka 3y ago
> I doubt Microsoft will match the hypothetical 90B valuation for their profit share units, otherwise they would’ve left already (Microsoft has agreed to match) If Microsoft won't, Google or Meta will.
964.
by golergka 3y ago
> The tech is fine. Have you ever maintained the software where the original team left? I have. And though it was much less complex and cutting edge than what OpenAI is doing, it was a massive pain with loss of knowledge and time.
965.
by golergka 3y ago
Yes, actually. Social media and internet made ad industry much more effective, which in turn made wonders in commerce, which is exactly what raised people out of hunger. A lot of people in southeastern Asia and China are working in industry
966.
by golergka 3y ago
> a tank Imprecise terminology often causes bad thinking. A “tank” could be a MBT, or it could be an armored personel carrier with very limited offensive capabilities.
967.
by golergka 3y ago
Do you honestly think the line between giving bad news or reporting bad behaviour and office politics is so clear cut?
968.
by golergka 3y ago
Hanlons razor is true because it’s more entertaining, and our simulation runs on stories as they’re cheaper to compute than honest physics.
969.
by golergka 3y ago
I think it’s the same senior engineer who used the time machine to learn C++ in 20 days
970.
by golergka 3y ago
This documentary already exists for a few years, it’s called Silicon Valley.
971.
by golergka 3y ago
> over the safe development of a potentially humanity-changing technology May be people who are actually working on it and are also world best researchers have a better understanding of safety concerns?
972.
by golergka 3y ago
> Sam's independence is literally, currently, tanking the company? Before the boards' actions this friday, the company was on one of the most incredible success trajectories in the world. Whatever Sam's been doing as a CEO
973.
by golergka 3y ago
People across very different positions take smaller paychecks in non-profits that they would do otherwise and compensate by feeling better about themselves, as well as getting social status. In a lot of social circles, working for a non-pro
974.
by golergka 3y ago
He's shown himself to be bad at politics, but he's still one of the world best researchers. Surely, a sensible company would find a position for him where he would be able to bring enormous value without having to play politics.
975.
by golergka 3y ago
Microsoft is a publicly traded company. An average “investor” of a publicly traded company, through all the funds and managers, is a midwestern school teacher.
976.
by golergka 3y ago
That’s how you run out of runway.
977.
by golergka 3y ago
Sam Altman AI company
978.
by golergka 3y ago
Most people are pretty unintelligent. GPT-4 is already better at most of knowledge work than 50% of human population, it’s not a very high bar.
979.
by golergka 3y ago
It is always cheaper to buy off a team that has developed internal knowledge and cohesion with higher salaries than invest in a few years of forming such a team. Same with a junior who have been mentored and trained. Regardless of whether
980.
by golergka 3y ago
If you can’t protect your IP, you don’t have a reason to develop it in the first place.
981.
by golergka 3y ago
Offering a contract with whatever stipulations to a potential counterparty that he can sign or not sign on his own accord is competing. Forbidding your counterparty from putting certain stipulations in their contract by using government int
982.
by golergka 3y ago
Getting other people to feel better about themselves is a service.
983.
by golergka 3y ago
It is also the basis for human learning. You can’t actually limit somebody’s ability to learn from ingested data, it would make all human knowledge work illegal.
984.
by golergka 3y ago
That’s very weird to read, because I’ve noticed some sentiments about “new physics” in anon AI twitter as well around a month and a half ago. I thought it was just weird speculation at the time, but now hearing it from a completely differen
985.
by golergka 3y ago
Society gives some kind of trust based permission to OpenAI? What?
986.
by golergka 3y ago
It looks like they’re actually got full fledged AGI and are panicking.
987.
by golergka 3y ago
You still need it to check Silicon Valley references.
988.
by golergka 3y ago
Yes, you can only benefit when other people enjoy your services. The only way to enrich yourself without providing something useful to others is using violence.
989.
by golergka 3y ago
Layoffs got to C-level?
990.
by golergka 3y ago
Rising people in third world countries out of poverty? That's awesome.

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