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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oof, real Qanon flavor there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah that they named it Q* and that they are very online (so they know about the implications) is quite worrying.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

it really didn’t take long for OpenAI to enter its binance era. just make cryptic non-statements and boost conspiracy theories and watch your stock price go up!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Found some tweets (randomly I wasn't looking for them) of one of the people in the article above driving themselves mad. See the second tweet here. Oh no, the chatbot said it is the master of all!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its posts broke containment, however, after an unsolicited reply from Sam Altman himself:

amazing tbh — Sam Altman (@sama) August 8, 2024

aren't you supposed to be running the most valuable startup ever made? why are you cosplaying Ryan Gamestop Cohen?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Why are you thinking he isn't running the startup by doing this? Number needs to be high!

Musk has shown that you don't actually need to deliver for decades if you just keep saying 'soon a thing!' every time there is a negative quarter.