• PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I had never even heard of this guy until like 4 days ago. Now I have to wonder if he can turn water into wine and raise the dead because everyone’s losing their shit over him.

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      7 months ago

      For fucking real. It’s like he’s God himself, because everyone want him, nevermind the consequences.

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        7 months ago

        I have to believe it’s mostly hype. The man was at the helm when OpenAI suddenly “changed the world” with “AI” (note the quotes) but that seems to be almost entirely a case of luck.

        Like, generative AI models aren’t really brand new. OpenAI just made them really accessible and easy to use for other applications, which is where Altman comes in. He had an ounce of foresight to see the tech was “the future” and a whole lot of luck executing on his plan to bring it to market.

        As a figurehead and leader, that does count for a lot, but not the table-flipping freak outs we see happening.

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          7 months ago

          There are a lot of LLMs. None hold a candle to OpenAI’s models still.

          This will change in time, but right now OpenAI is still in front

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      7 months ago

      I think its mostly popcorn at this point. The general opinion as I’ve noticed is that OpenAI is severely failing at living up to what it promised. Nobody particularly gives a shit about the board or Altman except some folks that seem fixated about the honestly unhinged postings of his sister.