yep. a recent study said my tech predictions were 90% correct, but the idea of valuing OpenAI at $800B certainly defies me…
@garymarcus
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OpenAI Reportedly Burns $250M on Podcast Amid Competition
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When spin is all you have left: OpenAI, flailing wildly, and rapidly losing ground to Google and Anthropic, and burning truly massive amounts of money every day,burns a reported $250M on an 18-month-old tech podcast — presumably in order to control the narrative.
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Microsoft Redefines Superintelligence From Godlike Intelligence to Product Value
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Talk about moving goalposts. This one from MSFT’s Suleyman may well take the cake. “Superintelligence” just went from intelligence beyond all humans to merely “delivering product value”.
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Control and Intelligence Are Not Interchangeable Concepts
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control ≠ intelligence. I am not sure your logic here makes sense unless you think they are interchangeable.
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Five Nines: Industry Standard Reliability Requirements Explained
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my god you are stupid! there is an infinite set of numbers between 99 and 100. people in the industry generally talk about needing “five nines” (99.99999%) or better.
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AI-Generated Misinformation: Foreign Actors Escalate Information Warfare
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For four years, I tried to warn everyone that AI would radically ramp up the ability of foreign actors to generate misinformation. Now here we are.
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AI Amplifies Foreign Misinformation Capabilities Significantly
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that AI would radically ramp up the ability of foreign actors to generate misinformation.
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Lack of Control Over Frontier AI Models Raises Safety Concerns
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Personally I find the language here too anthropomorphic but the results once again highlight our deeply disconcerting lack of control over frontier models.
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Intellectual Property and Collaboration Ethics in AI Development
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also stealing stuff and calling it your own is pretty much the opposite of collaboration…
