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by rhetocj23 1y ago
I listened to both and they both sounded soul-less.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Would be pretty ironic if AI destroys the value attributed to the brand name of these firms who are not policing the mounting slop.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
"Furthermore, they will contest, there is no “magic”. As Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, posted on X in 2023, “Everything ‘creative’ is a remix of things that happened in the past, plus epsilon and times the quality of the feedb
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
I’m convinced most people are not so good at transmitting what they know and they don’t get into the depths of what they are explaining. And use jargon/make assumptions that throw students off so they end up getting lost and inevitably
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Yes.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Thank you for saying this.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
The problem is do you know much 14% etc is? We are talking about valuations in the trillions my friend!
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
I hate to say this but I think the LLM story is going to go the same way as Teslas stock - everyone knows its completely detached from fundamentals and driven by momentum and hype but nobody wants to do the right thing.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Apple is the only firm that seems to do a good job in preventing itself from falling prey to what leads to the demise of every corp in history.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
It does seem pretty clear that an individual who possess super high quality human capital, paired with something like an LLM (provided the LLM is good enough relative to the individual) can be a powerful combination. The issues are: 1) Ther
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
I think its more likely that it wont happen and the hubris of folks like you is going to look comical in hindsight.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
I think this comparison is all wrong. The internet is more closer to the notion of a wheel - the internet has done amazing stuff just as the wheel has and nobody foresaw the impact the internet would have and how the underlying technologies
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
"The real devastation will be in the porn industry." The UK govt has started to crack down on this. AI generated porn will lead to a war from govts on nailing this economic activity shut.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Link? And explain in detail, incrementally, what you have done so we can analyse it for ourselves?
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Nice post. I am dumbfounded as to how this doesnt seem to resonate widely on HN.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
It may be difficult for you to believe or digest, but this means nothing for actual innovation. Im yet to see the effects of LLMs send a shockwave in the real economy. Ive actually hung around Olympiad level folks and unfortunately, their r
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Ive also found this jarring and it speaks to the hubris of folks that have emerged in the past few decades who dont seem to have much relation to the humanities and liberal arts.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Its very interesting to see how many people struggle to understand this.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Sounds like the vision for this stuff was playing into made-up numbers inputted into a financial model on a spreadsheet.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Im sure the MBA folks love stats like that - theres plenty that have infested big tech. I mean Pichai is an MBA+Mckinsey Alumni. Ready for the impending lay off fella?
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
"Maybe if you want to get ahead you gotta stop thinking like everyone else" Well for starters you need a leader who can rally the troops who "think(s) different" - something like a S Jobs. That person doesnt seem to exis
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Frankly this is the reason why Im not convinced the current movement of LLMs will yield anything close to the dream. The right people to deliver immense progress dont exist right now.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Yeah and this problem is near impossible to fix once it has infested into the culture of the firm.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Let’s dig a little deeper. Why isn’t education around the basics of finance mandatory in school?
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
You sound like the type of guy who condones businesses like payday loans.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
If you had a decent enough credit rating, there would be no need to use klarna as you’d already have credit on better terms. You clearly don’t get it pal.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
Yep.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
They’re exploiting the economically and financially illiterate who have self control issues. Let’s just call it what it is
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
No he is a manager and is employed at the behest of the collective shareholders. Zuck can exercise all his power, but he can also enjoy a low stock price if he pisses off investors. Hence that power doesnt mean much.
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by rhetocj23 1y ago
My answer to this is - so what? What are the effects in the real economy? Theres probably a good 2-3 years left of runway for substantial progress before things really fall off a cliff. There has to be some semblance of GDP (real) growth.

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