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The world is figuring out how to make this technology fit and work and somehow this is "behind" schedule. It's almost comical.

by _5hxt 2y ago

diego_sandoval 2y ago
Reminds me of this Louis CK joke: I was on an airplane and there was high-speed Internet on the airplane. That's the newest thing that I know exists. And I'm sitting on the plane and they go, open up your laptop, you can go on the Internet. And it's fast, and I'm watching YouTube clips. It's amazing. I'm on an airplane! And then it breaks down. And they apologize, the Internet's not working. And the guy next to me goes, 'This is bullshit.' I mean, how quickly does the world owe him something that he knew existed only 10 seconds ago?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4BZBsHwZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4BZBsHwZs
- mensetmanusman 2y ago
  The investors need their returns now! Soon, all the middle class jobs will be converted to profits for the capital/data center owners, so they have to spend while they can before the economy crashes due to lack of spending.
- omega3 2y ago
  People who say „it’s bullshit” are the ones that push the technological advance forward.
  - from-nibly 2y ago
    Not invariably. Some of those people are the ones who want to draw 7 red lines all perpendicular, some with green ink, some with transparent and one that looks like a kitten.
    - ziml77 2y ago
      For anyone who hasn't seen what this comment is referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
  - taneq 2y ago
    No, people who say "it's bullshit" and then do something to fix the bullshit are the ones that push technology forward. Most people who say "it's bullshit" instantly when something isn't perfect for exactly what they want right now are just whingers and will never contribute anything except unconstructive criticism.
    - omega3 2y ago
      Sounds like "yes but" rather than "no" otherwise you're responding to self created straw man.
  - bobxmax 2y ago
    That's really not true.
jsheard 2y ago
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- beacon294 2y ago
  There's someone with this comment in every thread. Meanwhile, no one answers this because they are getting value. Please take the time to learn, it will give you value.
  - jncfhnb 2y ago
    I’m a consultant. Having looked at several enterprises, there’s a lot of work being done to make a lot of things that don’t really work. The bigger the ambition, the harder they’re failing. Some well designed isolated use cases are ok. Mostly things about listening and summarizing text to aid humans. I have yet to see a successful application that is generating good content. IMO replacing the first draft of content creation and having experts review and fix it is, like, the stupidest strategy you can do. The people you replace are the people at the bottom of the pyramid who are supposed do this work to upskill and become domain experts so they can later review stuff. If they’re no longer needed, you’re going to one day lose your reviewer, and with it, the ability to assess your generated drafts. It’s a foot gun.
    - qup 2y ago
      > Having looked at several enterprises, there’s a lot of work being done to make a lot of things that don’t really work. Is this a new phenomenon that started post-LLM?
      - jncfhnb 2y ago
        I mean, no, not generally. but the success rate of other tools is much higher. A lot of companies are trying to build these general purpose bots that just magically know everything about the company and have these but knowledge bases, but they just don’t work.
  - ADeerAppeared 2y ago
echelon 2y ago
For a company that sees itself as the undisputed leader and that wants to raise $7 trillion to build fabs, they deserve some of the heaviest levels of scrutiny in the world. If OpenAI's investment prospectus relies on them reaching AGI before the tech becomes commoditized, everyone is going to look for that weakness.

The world is figuring out how to make this technology fit and work and somehow this is "behind" schedule. It's almost comical.

by _5hxt 2y ago

The world is figuring out how to make this technology fit and work and somehow this is "behind" schedule. It's almost comical.

diego_sandoval 2y ago

Reminds me of this Louis CK joke: I was on an airplane and there was high-speed Internet on the airplane. That's the newest thing that I know exists. And I'm sitting on the plane and they go, open up your laptop, you can go on the Internet. And it's fast, and I'm watching YouTube clips. It's amazing. I'm on an airplane! And then it breaks down. And they apologize, the Internet's not working. And the guy next to me goes, 'This is bullshit.' I mean, how quickly does the world owe him something that he knew existed only 10 seconds ago?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4BZBsHwZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4BZBsHwZs

mensetmanusman 2y ago
The investors need their returns now! Soon, all the middle class jobs will be converted to profits for the capital/data center owners, so they have to spend while they can before the economy crashes due to lack of spending.
omega3 2y ago
People who say „it’s bullshit” are the ones that push the technological advance forward.
- from-nibly 2y ago
  Not invariably. Some of those people are the ones who want to draw 7 red lines all perpendicular, some with green ink, some with transparent and one that looks like a kitten.
  - ziml77 2y ago
    For anyone who hasn't seen what this comment is referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
- taneq 2y ago
  No, people who say "it's bullshit" and then do something to fix the bullshit are the ones that push technology forward. Most people who say "it's bullshit" instantly when something isn't perfect for exactly what they want right now are just whingers and will never contribute anything except unconstructive criticism.
  - omega3 2y ago
    Sounds like "yes but" rather than "no" otherwise you're responding to self created straw man.
- bobxmax 2y ago
  That's really not true.

jsheard 2y ago

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beacon294 2y ago
There's someone with this comment in every thread. Meanwhile, no one answers this because they are getting value. Please take the time to learn, it will give you value.
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  I’m a consultant. Having looked at several enterprises, there’s a lot of work being done to make a lot of things that don’t really work. The bigger the ambition, the harder they’re failing. Some well designed isolated use cases are ok. Mostly things about listening and summarizing text to aid humans. I have yet to see a successful application that is generating good content. IMO replacing the first draft of content creation and having experts review and fix it is, like, the stupidest strategy you can do. The people you replace are the people at the bottom of the pyramid who are supposed do this work to upskill and become domain experts so they can later review stuff. If they’re no longer needed, you’re going to one day lose your reviewer, and with it, the ability to assess your generated drafts. It’s a foot gun.
  - qup 2y ago
    > Having looked at several enterprises, there’s a lot of work being done to make a lot of things that don’t really work. Is this a new phenomenon that started post-LLM?
    - jncfhnb 2y ago
      I mean, no, not generally. but the success rate of other tools is much higher. A lot of companies are trying to build these general purpose bots that just magically know everything about the company and have these but knowledge bases, but they just don’t work.
- ADeerAppeared 2y ago

echelon 2y ago

For a company that sees itself as the undisputed leader and that wants to raise $7 trillion to build fabs, they deserve some of the heaviest levels of scrutiny in the world. If OpenAI's investment prospectus relies on them reaching AGI before the tech becomes commoditized, everyone is going to look for that weakness.