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outside1234··on OpenAI models coming to Amazon Bedrock: Interview with OpenAI and AWS CEOs
The thing they are really wildly behind on is a business model. They are losing wild amounts of money per customer and it is hard to see how the competitive situation is going to allow them to fix that.
outside1234··on Ukraine's drone commander has Russian oil, troops and morale in his sights
Ukraine is going to win this war if we can just keep funding them long enough
outside1234··on Our principles
6. Please don't look at our financials. They are horrible and we are hoping to sucker people into an IPO before all of this implodes. The least your Grandma can do for us is give us 2% of her S&P 500 portfolio so we can exit before it goes to zero. This is AGI after all.
outside1234··on China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus
What leverage does China have here to enforce this? Meta doesn't do business in China. Can't they just give them the middle finger?
outside1234··on Men who stare at walls
I do not stare at walls, but when I get in this state I go for a 30 minute walk, with what sounds like the same effect.
outside1234··on SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B
To be worth $60B at a 50x P/E ratio this implies $1.2B in profit.

Not happening

outside1234··on European AI. A playbook to own it
We also need to talk about work schedules. Nobody at Anthropic is taking a 5 week summer break or working a 35 hour week.

Europe can be a top player in AI —- but there is a cost.

outside1234··on Tech valuations are back to pre-AI boom levels
Someone needs to tell OpenAI and SpaceX that
outside1234··on The Problem That Built an Industry
It is interesting to think how AI will potentially change the dynamics back to this from general purpose software.

In a world where implementation is free, will we see a return to built for purpose systems like this where we define the inputs and outputs desired and AI builds it from the ground up, completely for purpose?

outside1234··on Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman
I'm not talking about the top 1%. I'm talking about the top 0.01%.
outside1234··on Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman
There was a rumor going around Silicon Valley that if ICE came to San Francisco in force that Mark Zuckerberg's house was going to go up in flames in retaliation. You will be surprised to learn that the oligarchs talked to Trump and they did not come.
outside1234··on Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman
I don't condone it, but I understand the anger.

The billionaire class has enabled armed masked police in our streets, endless layoffs, basically don't pay taxes at any reasonable percentage, and basically have rigged politics with Citizens United.

Given that, I can see how people are resorting to 18th century French tactics.

outside1234··on Research-Driven Agents: When an agent reads before it codes
A research step (gather insights from across the codebase and internet for how to accomplish the next step), planning step (how should I sequence implementation given that research), an implementation step, and a verification step (code review of the implementation) is super effective workflow for me.
outside1234··on The AI Great Leap Forward
Seems clear to me that OpenAI at this point is a Ponzi scheme waiting to collapse. This is why they are trying to IPO and dump their shares on the public market before they go bankrupt.
outside1234··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
Dude, they still have a huge drone force, or otherwise there would be tankers sailing
outside1234··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
Even that is wildly worse than when we started the war. This is a unmitigated loss.
outside1234··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
Territorial expansion was probably always Israel's goal of this, with a bonus of weakening a regional rival.
outside1234··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
Under Obama's plan they agreed to reduce its Uranium 97% and keep it well under weapons grade and got $2B for the assets that were seized after the revolution.

Here they stand to make $100B a year on tolling the gulf and get to keep their weapons grade Uranium that they stockpiled after Trump pulled us out of that agreement.

Just so much winning

outside1234··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
Are you talking about the Epstein files that he is in?
outside1234··on Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
Cludge has been left behind by Clanker, that’s the new hotness. 45B valuation!
outside1234··on Extra usage credit for Pro, Max, and Team plans
OpenAI is in deep trouble and are doing everything they can to get back in the game. If they get back in, they will monetize.
outside1234··on Solar and batteries can power the world
The goal of getting to renewables is to not remove every carbon source but to slow the rate of change so we can adapt. 90% meets that.
outside1234··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Google has completely caught OpenAI. Anthropic has a better coding model, but I'm sure Google is working on that too.
outside1234··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Worse, Google can afford to outspend them in this game and basically run them both out of money.
outside1234··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Google is totally going to run this company out of money aren't they?
outside1234··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
well, until the Iranians blow up their refineries.
outside1234··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
God help us if all of our retirement index funds are forced to buy this bankruptcy bomb.
outside1234··on Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading
They need to get to profitability because that sweet sweet Saudi subsidy cash is gone gone.
outside1234··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
C'mon, everyone was saying this in 2024. It is just that people hate women and people of color more.
outside1234··on OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
"IPO to dump this pile of debt that is about to collapse on unsuspecting index fund buyers"
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