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[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Fuck off Altman. Seriously. It's unfortunate your dad didn't hug you enough as a child but you didn't have to compensate by growing up to be a fuck head. He's still not going to hug you.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man who can't stand not seeing his name in the news every single day, keeps talking

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 days ago

They didn't even change the photo for the article

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Let's be honest, we all keep talking. The question is who put a mic in front of this bumbling idiot.

Or who knows, maybe someone put a mic there to let him self-destruct. One can hope.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 16 points 2 days ago

CEO says bullshit like it wasn't his fucking job

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the token model that will kill it

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Honestly trying to treat token like watt is pretty crazy. Like a watt of power truly is a scientific standard. A bit of information is closer but again pretty standard, you know what are sending when you choose to send or receive a bit of data. Trying to apply a standard utilization rate to a unit of information in exchange for a non-deterministic rate, size, or quality back is nuts.

How do you meaningfully show an ROI on that?

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Once those bills start hitting company profits, companies will pull back

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I wonder how long they can keep the circus running though. They were obviously trying to vendor lock enterprise size businesses in before they eventually nuke the cost model, and Deepseek just preemptively slashed their cloud pricing probably knowing that everyone else will just migrate or even run on older cloud hardware which providers can sell by watt (and demand).

China might be behind on hardware, but their biggest wrench in the gears will probably just be popularizing their published LLMs which don't require multiple nuclear powerplants to run lol.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 154 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago

He has money so it must be important. Psychopathy is a virtue I'm told.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Casually betting a trillion on the wrong horse.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago (4 children)

What qualifies this guy to make any predictions that are printable? He's just making random guesses.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

It’s not random guesses, it’s intentional fictions to make investing in ‘AI’ companies sound like a good idea.

They think they can lie their way to real AI by convincing investors to pour enough money into them that poof real AI emerges.

They’re not going to get the poof they’re hoping for.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Intellectual property thief is confidently wrong about a task he has no right or expertise to be performing anyway. The LLM didn’t fall far from the tree.

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let's hope he "sees the light" just before a new "Luigi" rounds the corner behind him.

Fingers crossed

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 103 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sam Altman is a danger to our entire planet

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

~~Sam Altman~~ Billionaires are a danger to our entire planet

[–] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I have been ranting about billionaires online long enough, but what all can I actually do about all of it...?

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 75 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Just in, guy who allegedly raped his sister is wrong.

[–] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~~Wasn't his sister also developmentally disabled? Is that right? CEO Billionaire Sam Altman violently raped his disabled sister then admitted to it like it was a relatable situation?~~

I was thinking of a different rich white guy that raped his sister.

Not every rich white guy, but seemingly always a rich white guy.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Even if those accusations are false, the man still had a billion dollars while his sister was homeless.

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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can we pop this bubble already?

[–] Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not until the ultra rich have enough ai robots to protect them from an uprising

\s

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago
[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Can we start a revolution already? Nope and nope

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some 8,000 people that just got laid off at Meta disagree.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That layoff was happening regardless

[–] e461h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

And it’s still fair to call out Meta for using that as bs cover.

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 days ago (6 children)

He looks so fucking clueless and straight up lost. How is this guy a fucking CEO? Or just a useful idiot for others to complete that Ai circlejerk where everyone is dumping billions into each other companies to pump up the stocks?

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is this guy a fucking CEO?

Wealthy background. Dropped out, got lucky with a startup and sold his stake for a decent sum, gaining enough momentum to keep failing upward.

The guy is absolutely clueless, which can be mathematically proven on the basis of the fact that he invested in a crypto firm.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

got lucky with a startup and sold his stake for a decent sum

He didn't get lucky... him and others bamboozled investors into buying Loopt which was never functional, once sold, it shut down in months. Exactly what he is doing right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4XPu3Qhg

Early days discussion (what I am referencing here) starts at 2:15

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wish I had no morals... Life is so easy when you don't give a single fuck about what you do to others... It's so infuriating to see how many wealthy people have amazing lives because they simply don't give a single fuck about anything but themselves.

Sociopathy is greatly rewarded in this stupid world we live in. :/

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[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I just want to be clear, most CEOs aren't smart. They have a slightly higher median intelligence than the wider population, but by and large CEOs are no more talented than your average used car salesman. While there's certainly outliers (on both sides), most intelligent people don't start careers in a field with an 80%+ chance of failure in the first 5 years. Altman's success in particular is 50% luck, 50% being a very convincing liar. These people aren't geniuses, they pay people to think for them, which is why having a machine think for them sounds like a great idea.

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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He’s delighted that the jobs apocalypse is underway when he predicted it wouldn’t happen. Okay, so?

This guy is such a tool. Can’t stand him!

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I'm delighted to ⁠be wrong about this, I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than ​has actually happened," Altman told CBA Chief Executive Matt Comyn in a virtual interview at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney (via Reuters).

...he says after two years of some of the biggest tech layoffs in history that have impacted numerous tech businesses.

Maybe he just means he knows the companies are lying about layoffs for AI and it's just an excuse to cut labor, but I doubt it.

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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Oligarch tries to walk back claims to prevent backlash from investors and the general public.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He still needs to be scheduled for a guillotine fitting. I'm sure there is one in his size.

[–] underThunder@thelemmy.club 23 points 3 days ago

"I'm delighted to be wrong" is not something I want to hear from someone who has such an outsized impact on my perception of reality.

[–] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] magnue@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Dude seems just so out of touch at this point. You can't make confident threats about the technology and then just go 'oops haha'

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Sam Altman should shut up. He is partly to blame for this.

Selfish prick.

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

CEO of tech company talks about slop.

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