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Altman says "deep learning worked" and will lead to "massive prosperity."

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Buzzwords all the way down. They claimed that their latest model could reason, but don't you dare question the accuracy or what's going on under the hood.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's great! Can't wait, that's just a few hundred million seconds!

/s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Somebody call an ambulance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

"massive prosperity"

"It will trickle down this time. Just trust me, bro! Just a few thousand more acres of burned forest and a few more dried up lakes! This time it'll trickle down and solve the problems that it's already massively contributing to, for real!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

so like, 100,000 days or how many thousands of days? who tf measures time like that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This sounds like something between venture-capital-seeking hype marketing and occult prophecy. Again.

https://futurism.com/openai-employees-say-firms-chief-scientist-has-been-making-strange-spiritual-claims

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

lmao okay buddy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Right on time for the discovery of cold fusion.