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[–] sketelon@eviltoast.org 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Really? The guy behind the company called "Open" AI that has contributed the least to the open source AI communities, while constantly making grand claims and telling us we're not ready to see what he's got. We're supposed to stop taking that guys word?

Wow, thanks journalists, what would we do without you.

[–] 5dh@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Should your disappointment here really be pointed at the journalists?

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which group of people uncritically magnified his voice and others like it for years? Tech journalism builds the legacies of people like Musk, Bankman-Fried and Altman.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

That's yellow journalism.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, don't worry we have enough to go around.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago

People talk a lot about the genericisation of brand names, but the branding of generic terms like this really annoys me.

I'll use the example I first noticed. A few years ago, the Conservative government was under criticism for the minimum wage being well under a living wage. In response, they brought in the National Living Wage, which was an increase to the minimum wage, but still under the actual living wage. However, because of the branding, it makes criticising it for not meeting the actual living wage more difficult, as you have to explain the difference between the two, and as the saying goes, "if you're explaining, you're losing".