Ed Zitron
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While ChatGPT isn't inherently useless, Altman realizes that it's impossible to generate the kind of funding and hype he needs based on its actual achievements, and that to continue to accumulate power and money, which is his only goal, he has to speciously hype it, and he has to hype it to wealthy and powerful people who also do not participate in the creation of anything. And that's who he is.
While ChatGPT isn't inherently useless, Altman realizes that it's impossible to generate the kind of funding and hype he needs based on its actual achievements, and that to continue to accumulate power and money, which is his only goal, he has to speciously hype it, and he has to hype it to wealthy and powerful people who also do not participate in the creation of anything. And that's who he is.
While ChatGPT isn't inherently useless, Altman realizes that it's impossible to generate the kind of funding and hype he needs based on its actual achievements, and that to continue to accumulate power and money, which is his only goal, he has to speciously hype it, and he has to hype it to wealthy and powerful people who also do not participate in the creation of anything. And that's who he is.
I've been pretty mean about this guy. I really have, but he does have a skill. He knows a mark. He knows how to say the right things and get in the right rooms with the people who aren't really touching the software or the hardware. He knows what they need to hear. He knows what the VCs need to hear. He knows quite aptly what this needs to sound like.
I've been pretty mean about this guy. I really have, but he does have a skill. He knows a mark. He knows how to say the right things and get in the right rooms with the people who aren't really touching the software or the hardware. He knows what they need to hear. He knows what the VCs need to hear. He knows quite aptly what this needs to sound like.
I've been pretty mean about this guy. I really have, but he does have a skill. He knows a mark. He knows how to say the right things and get in the right rooms with the people who aren't really touching the software or the hardware. He knows what they need to hear. He knows what the VCs need to hear. He knows quite aptly what this needs to sound like.
But if he had to say what chat GPT does today, what would he say? Yeah, yeah, it's really good at generating a bunch of text that's kind of shitty. Yeah, sometimes it does math, right? And sometimes it does it really wrong. Sometimes you ask it to do it, it can draw a picture. Hey, what do you think of that?
But if he had to say what chat GPT does today, what would he say? Yeah, yeah, it's really good at generating a bunch of text that's kind of shitty. Yeah, sometimes it does math, right? And sometimes it does it really wrong. Sometimes you ask it to do it, it can draw a picture. Hey, what do you think of that?
But if he had to say what chat GPT does today, what would he say? Yeah, yeah, it's really good at generating a bunch of text that's kind of shitty. Yeah, sometimes it does math, right? And sometimes it does it really wrong. Sometimes you ask it to do it, it can draw a picture. Hey, what do you think of that?
These are all things, by the way, that if like a six-year-old told you, you'd be like, wow, that's really impressive. Or like a 10-year-old, perhaps, because that's a living being. ChatGPT does these things and it does it, I know it's cheesy to say, but in a soulless way.
These are all things, by the way, that if like a six-year-old told you, you'd be like, wow, that's really impressive. Or like a 10-year-old, perhaps, because that's a living being. ChatGPT does these things and it does it, I know it's cheesy to say, but in a soulless way.
These are all things, by the way, that if like a six-year-old told you, you'd be like, wow, that's really impressive. Or like a 10-year-old, perhaps, because that's a living being. ChatGPT does these things and it does it, I know it's cheesy to say, but in a soulless way.
But it really does that because, and the reason all of this, the writing and the horrible video and the images, the reason it feels so empty is because even the most manure-adjacent press release still has gone through someone's manure-adjacent brain. Even the most pallid, empty copy you've read has gone through someone.
But it really does that because, and the reason all of this, the writing and the horrible video and the images, the reason it feels so empty is because even the most manure-adjacent press release still has gone through someone's manure-adjacent brain. Even the most pallid, empty copy you've read has gone through someone.
But it really does that because, and the reason all of this, the writing and the horrible video and the images, the reason it feels so empty is because even the most manure-adjacent press release still has gone through someone's manure-adjacent brain. Even the most pallid, empty copy you've read has gone through someone.
A person has put thought and intention in, even if they're not great with the English language. What ChatGPT does is use math to generate the next thing, and sometimes it gets it pretty right. But pretty right is not enough to mimic human creation. But look at Sam Altman. Look who he is. What has he created, other than wealth for him and other people?
A person has put thought and intention in, even if they're not great with the English language. What ChatGPT does is use math to generate the next thing, and sometimes it gets it pretty right. But pretty right is not enough to mimic human creation. But look at Sam Altman. Look who he is. What has he created, other than wealth for him and other people?
A person has put thought and intention in, even if they're not great with the English language. What ChatGPT does is use math to generate the next thing, and sometimes it gets it pretty right. But pretty right is not enough to mimic human creation. But look at Sam Altman. Look who he is. What has he created, other than wealth for him and other people?
What about Sam Altman is particularly exciting? Well, he's been rich before and his money made him even richer. That's pretty good. He was at Y Combinator. Don't ask too much about what happened there. just feels like sometimes Silicon Valley can't wipe its own ass. It can't see when there's a wolf amongst the sheep.
What about Sam Altman is particularly exciting? Well, he's been rich before and his money made him even richer. That's pretty good. He was at Y Combinator. Don't ask too much about what happened there. just feels like sometimes Silicon Valley can't wipe its own ass. It can't see when there's a wolf amongst the sheep.