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OpenAI loses more founders. It’ll be fine. (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 4 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AFAICT basically all of them failed at the "become too important to be busted for mass copyright infringement" part - turns out actively stealing from some of the most litigious and DMCA-happy motherfuckers on the planet was an easy way to get mired in lawsuits.

Bonus points for becoming essentially a money pinata for their lawyers in the process.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ai is a tapeworm looking at the stars and saying "I wish to become indispensable"

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tschaikovsky reader detected?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not that cultured

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

other Tschaikovsky (Adrian)

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not that cultured either

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago

nod

a fairly enjoyable read, if you can stomach exposition of millennia and hopskotch-scifi