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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by stingraycharles on Thursday April 18, 2024 @08:08PM (#40082059)
He’s passionate about whatever the current fad is. A few years ago it was the metaverse, now it’s LLMs, and maybe in a few years it’ll be something else.

They have the same problem as Google, an initial cash cow and not really able to invent something new, which leaves them very vulnerable to shifts in market behavior (TikTok) or other things.

I don’t think he’s a great leader, there’s a reason why Sandberg was so important to the company.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by efrank3 on Thursday April 18, 2024 @08:20PM (#40082139)
I disagree. He created the VR fad by buying oculus and he was the first tech CEO to attend NeurIPS back in 2014.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by nradov on Thursday April 18, 2024 @11:08PM (#40083095)
There have been at least two VR fads before the current one. Maybe this one will last. But it's still tough to convince regular people to don VR goggles which make them look like dorks and mess up their hair.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by germinalphrase on Friday April 19, 2024 @03:36PM (#40091117)
More than that, the problem was - and is - motion sickness.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by burningChrome on Friday April 19, 2024 @01:39AM (#40083747)
>> They have the same problem as Google, an initial cash cow and not really able to invent something new.

Which I would also add means they chase fads and have to buy their way into these developing markets, hoping they essentially find their own "facebook" to invest in that then hits big.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: Llama 3, $10B Models, Caesar Augustus, B... by fire_lake on Friday April 19, 2024 @02:02AM (#40083842)
Yep. Has everyone forgotten the chat bit fad around 2016? They did a whole press conference about it.
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