Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023

Re:Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023 by sillysaurusx on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:29AM (#34308818)

The underlying assumption here is that Sam would be willing to sell OpenAI.

I don't think that's the case. There's no amount of money that Microsoft could throw at Sam to convince him to sell. Not only is he already wealthy, but he's also a true believer in AI. And unlike Snapchat, it's going to be very hard for incumbents to clone.

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Re:Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023 by whywhywhywhy on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:42AM (#34308912)

> And unlike Snapchat, it's going to be very hard for incumbents to clone

We forgetting how Dall-E 2 was made irrelevant just a few weeks after release by Stable Diffusion?

I agree with everything else you're saying though, I don't think he'd have any interest in selling it.

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Re:Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023 by temple_os on Monday January 09, 2023 @09:58AM (#34311019)

DALL-E 2 was a LOT better than Stable Diffusion. Sure it was open source but it was clearly a generation behind. Great if you didn't mind your inputs looking like last year's AI output.

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Re:Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023 by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:07AM (#34336869)

Disagree completely. If you know what you're doing SD is at least comparable if not aesthetically superior to Dall-E.

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Re:Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023 by scandox on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:10AM (#34309090)

> There's no amount of money that Microsoft could throw at Sam to convince him to sell.

Every experience I ever had of people who achieve power and success tells me that you are wrong. His own wealth is irrelevant. His beliefs are also not relevant. It is very likely he will want to "take the next step". He can always use that next shit ton of money to invest in the next big thing in AI.

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