riley333

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by riley333 3y ago
Haven't heard much from my family in Japan. Layoffs are rare in Japan in general and unemployment is generally always in the 2% range there. I'm sure startups are struggling there though as that seems to be the global trend, but t
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by riley333 3y ago
This is some cartoon villain type of stuff.
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by riley333 3y ago
That's true, and Apple has the capital to do pretty much whatever they want. I just think as we've seen with Google/Gemini it doesn't seem that easy to beat what OpenAI has going even with a lot of money to throw behind
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by riley333 3y ago
Apple just needs to do SOMETHING exciting with AI. Vision Pro looks great, but it's only a small piece of a much larger puzzle. I'm not sure if they're just too big to move at the speed they need to move or if it's somet
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by riley333 3y ago
Not sure. I'm kind of surprised at the reaction myself haha HN still feels like the old internet for the most part, at least. :)
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by riley333 3y ago
But... but... What happens after I put my robe and wizard hat on?!
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by riley333 3y ago
That's a completely fair point and it's why I don't really think UBI is the answer. But, what is the answer? I don't think anyone has this figured out yet. Capitalism is by far the best system we've come up with but
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by riley333 3y ago
There are so many reasons why this is happening and I personally think it's only tangentially related to AI. The internet has now become the home of "hustle culture" and is no longer serving the purpose of why it was first cr