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OpenAI is so cooked and I'm all here for it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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‪Ed Zitron‬ ‪@edzitron.com‬ · 3h OpenAI is completely screwed. If they're losing money on $200/month, they're losing it on $20/month and their real costs are so much higher than they can ever get anyone to pay. A pale horse. - Screenshot from an article: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/openai-is-losing-money-on-its-pricey-chatgpt-pro-plan-ceo-sam-altman-says/
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is that what Ayn Rand is about? All I really remember is that having a name you chose yourself is self-fulfilling.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh boy I got a fun video for you: https://youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA @26:50

    Atlas Shrugged is so bad that if you didn't know anything about the author, it could be read as a decent satire.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    A monologue that last SIXTY PAGES of dry exposition. Barely credible characterization from the protagonist and villains and extremely poor world building.

    Anthem is her better book because it keeps to a simple short story format - but still has a very dull plot that shoehorns ideology throughout. There’s far better philosophical fiction writers out there like Camus, Vonnegut, or Koestler. Skip Rand altogether imo

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago*

    Ayn Rand is about spending your whole life moralizing a social philosophy based on the impossibility of altruism, perfect meritocratic achievement perfectly distributing wealth, and hatred of government taxation, regulation, and social welfare programs...

    ... and then dying alone, almost totally broke, living off of social security and financial charity from your former secretary.

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