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I guess we are recycling company names now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporat
by brk 2mo ago
I guess we are recycling company names now?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation
(I know, Corp vs. Lab).
- whywhywhywhy 2mo agoSo weird to re-use the name of something so iconic.
- brk 2mo agoThat was my thought, but I also think we're at the point that the iconic companies that have come and gone 30+ years ago are unknown to the current crop of young-ish startup founders. I would be really curious to know if the current Thinking Machines team had any awareness of the prior company, or if they landed on that name completely unaware. IMO this shows how we have been pursuing many of these goals for half a century now.
- BoingBoomTschak 2mo agoMade me think that the current LLM world would be better represented by this album title: https://www.discogs.com/master/61653-Carbonized-Screaming-Machines https://www.discogs.com/master/61653-Carbonized-Screaming-Ma...
- gizajob 2mo agoIt’s not weird if you don’t comprehend the history of AI before coming up with your brilliant new take for a productless AI startup.
- bradleyy 2mo agoIf it doesn't have 65,536 Motorola 1-bit processors connected in a 12-dimensional hypercube, and a stunning case designed by Tamiko Thiel, I'm out.