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Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by m463 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @07:08PM (#40652708)
> Altman just did a big deal with Apple.

did Altman do it?

Musk on the other hand has built things. People can disparage him all they want, but I think every one of us is better off for tesla, neuralink, spacex and even the boring company and paypal. who cares if he opens his mouth on social media.

I mean, he went to russia to launch a rocket, figured out they were a mess, came back and... several years later the world is launching rockets all the time. (It's june 11, and just starlink launched 4 rockets since the beginning of the month)

The rocket stuff is like the rise of pc hardware, where things start happening faster and all of a sudden, commercial flights are putting people in space.

I kind of think openai got off mission, and won't be as good for everyone, except maybe in the sense that other folks like meta have opened up models like llama.

Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by HWR_14 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:16PM (#40653483)
> I think every one of us is better off for tesla, neuralink, spacex and even the boring company and paypal.

None of those make me better off in any way. Some (neuralink, the boring company) have never made anyone better off except maybe in some pilot program.

Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by m463 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:32PM (#40653577)
They have second order effects, usually wrt competition.

Tesla might not be your favorite car, but it has created robust competition in EVs, and made the incumbent car manufacturers have to compete.

Someday if you need internet in your cabin or RV, starlink made it easier even if you don't use them.

Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by HWR_14 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @10:32AM (#40658630)
I don't believe in either of your listed secondary effects.

How does starlink existing make it more likely for other companies to build expensive infrastructure while having to price compete with it?

Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by m463 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @02:17AM (#40666491)
hughes isn't the only game in town now.

If you've ever looked at satellite internet, hughes was not affordable, and very slow. Now starlink has shaken things up, and it is even fast enough to do real work.

Re:Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman by HWR_14 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @04:16PM (#40674191)
I believe it's good for people who use starlink. It's just not useful for me.