>we expect to be misled for the purpose of entertainment, and rightly decry illusion in what is presented to us as documentation
Believe in unbiased documentation at your peril. When you desire a peek behind the curtain into random people's lives you are going to get taken for a ride everytime. That makes scrolling heavy on entertainment value and all users know it.
Social media algorithm scores are just a way for us to outsource easy reputation management, that puts a lot of hops in between you and authenticity and can't really be called a "shared reality" with a straight face. Perhaps now something better can come along that doesn't favor Image marksmen.
The frustration comes from seeing someone, that seemingly has no idea about the subject, spill lies about the subject and people arguing based on the said lies.
Agree. We want the engineering equivalent to what the doj was doing pre-trump: if we have something important to say it'll be done in court with evidence in a formal process. In engineering we want a paper, data, and code. The rest is mostly noise.
He most certainly wants to make more money, but at this point I bet he first and foremost wants his company to survive long enough to join the big five arena, which doesn't seem likely.
He knows that OpenAI's has a first-mover advantage and that it won't last forever. They will spend everything they earn on salaries and Microsoft's cloud. As their competitors catch up, OpenAI's biggest asset will be Altman's reputation as international AI guru unless someone challenges that.
> OpenAI's biggest asset will be Altman's reputation as international AI guru unless someone challenges that.
Let’s nip that in the bud and challenge it right here. Altman has no credentials in the AI space other than as an executive. There’s no evidence to support the idea that he’s a “guru”. He dropped out of a CS program to found a social networking app.
It’s a bad idea to confuse successful executives with people that have real technical expertise in some discipline.
>we expect to be misled for the purpose of entertainment, and rightly decry illusion in what is presented to us as documentation
Believe in unbiased documentation at your peril. When you desire a peek behind the curtain into random people's lives you are going to get taken for a ride everytime. That makes scrolling heavy on entertainment value and all users know it.
Social media algorithm scores are just a way for us to outsource easy reputation management, that puts a lot of hops in between you and authenticity and can't really be called a "shared reality" with a straight face. Perhaps now something better can come along that doesn't favor Image marksmen.
American CEOs spend most of their time in sales, marketing, a kind of corporate hustle. I agree: stop taking them so damn seriously.
Except, Altman almost certainly knows he’s bullshitting. It’s politics: you say what you think people will believe, to achieve some desired result.
The only connection it has to what Altman himself believes is what he believes will make his company, and by extension him, more money.
In this case, getting people to accept that it’s ok for AI to shape people’s perception of reality is very obviously in his interest.
The frustration comes from seeing someone, that seemingly has no idea about the subject, spill lies about the subject and people arguing based on the said lies.
Agree. We want the engineering equivalent to what the doj was doing pre-trump: if we have something important to say it'll be done in court with evidence in a formal process. In engineering we want a paper, data, and code. The rest is mostly noise.
He most certainly wants to make more money, but at this point I bet he first and foremost wants his company to survive long enough to join the big five arena, which doesn't seem likely.
He knows that OpenAI's has a first-mover advantage and that it won't last forever. They will spend everything they earn on salaries and Microsoft's cloud. As their competitors catch up, OpenAI's biggest asset will be Altman's reputation as international AI guru unless someone challenges that.
> OpenAI's biggest asset will be Altman's reputation as international AI guru unless someone challenges that.
Let’s nip that in the bud and challenge it right here. Altman has no credentials in the AI space other than as an executive. There’s no evidence to support the idea that he’s a “guru”. He dropped out of a CS program to found a social networking app.
It’s a bad idea to confuse successful executives with people that have real technical expertise in some discipline.
You object, but is there any practical difference between:
Sam Altman can’t say anything meaningful or interesting on almost all subjects.
and
Sam Altman will refuse to say anything meaningful or interesting on almost all subjects?
My point is that what he’s saying most likely doesn’t come from an incorrect, STEM-education based belief, as the article proposes.
That distinction is important if you want to understand what’s happening.
The difference between essentially lying and stating one’s legitimate beliefs is pretty important.