OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after
This landed on HN like a dead fish: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41722985
Another submission with what looks like a lot more positive spin got more reaction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726603
Edit choice comment from the latter
A billion people. Paying the equivalent of a premium streaming service. For something that can’t even generate pr0n.
Color me skeptical.
Hat tip also to the guy who tried to spin “oil is a commodity” as though there’s the same demand and economies of scale for chatbots as for liquid dinosaurs.
What does well on HN is pretty random imho
dang does hate Ed’s site in particular, up to faking titles
Would have done so much better
Insta front page.