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Help me make sense of the Stargate project
464 sats \ 7 comments \ @zuspotirko 22h econ
So, I'm surprised there isn't a discussion about the Stargate project here already. It got posted twice: #858961 #859422 but to me the big elephant in the room is ... that 500b is a big f*cking number?
https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1881923570458304780
https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-pours-cold-water-on-trump-backed-stargate-ai-project-53428d16?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1
Other things that don't make sense
  • Why Oracle? OpenAIs long term partner is Microsoft and there is no reason to think Microsoft would have worse access to chips and scaling energy than Oracle
  • Trump backed? And Elon seems to hate it? What gives?
  • 100b immediately? From where? OpenAIs private valuation is like 100b or 150b so?
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22h
I have no answers for you, but this sets off all of my cronyism red flags.
If it's not a complete boondoggle, I'll be amazed.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @tobinator44 21h
We are living out the Apple TV show "Silo"
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dough 12h
So glad I left twitter. Nostr is the way
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zx 14h
The for-profit subsidiary of OpenAI Global, LLC is 49% Microsoft owned. Basically a partnership. From this week:
Microsoft's ($MSFT) LinkedIn was accused of sharing customers' private messages without permission in a lawsuit filed late Tuesday.
(Source: MT Newswires)
We are aware of OpenAI's copyright infringements, used to train LLM models over the last two years and half of their AI safety researchers left and demanded Altman resign.
How am I supposed to understand, believe that such a partnership between them has any kind of 'best for America' or best for anyone other than their business model?
Why is user data being misappropriated? Why are there insignificant fines for each privacy breach?
Every corporate is competing for domination of algo-driven backbone infrastructure of data retention, data classification and subortinating human-roles to automated services, resulting in, for example, Apple users being eligible for a payout of $20, £16 or AU$32 if they can prove and swear under oath that Siri fed them targeted ads based on their private conversations.
You can do some cool things with AI, but this is not good for anyone.
Sorry for the rant. I have no idea but I don't trust Altman.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 16h
Alright I can explain a bunch of this but I'm currently at an event so I will circle back to this! There is a reason for this though! Oracle was a good choice that could reap hella rewards!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 21h
It's meant to be confusing and/or controversial, that's how you get people asking questions, which gets them engaged, which casts a spotlight
The vast intel agency apparatus doesn't exist just to let things happen organically, it's scripted theater
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 21h
Artificial intelligence: Musk warns that AI is 'one of the biggest threats' to humanity
Some time later:
"Elon Musk is seeking investment for his AI startup, xAI, aiming to reach a value of US$ 40 billion and double processing capacity. He intends to rival OpenAI, whose valuation is US$ 157 billion. Musk already has the largest data center in the world type in Memphis and seeks to stand out in the field of artificial intelligence."
It's pretty clear what kind of guy Elon Musk is
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