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Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by tiffanyh on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @03:36PM (#44055376)
> Sam Altman who planned and executed the extraction of Reddit from Condé Nast

Relevant thread where Sam acknowledges the plan.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3cs78i/whats_the...

Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by davidmurphy on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @03:53PM (#44055581)
whoa!!
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by echelon on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @04:26PM (#44055952)
Posted by former CEO Yishan Wong, no less.
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by 52-6F-62 on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @04:42PM (#44056122)
What the fuck
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by dgfitz on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @04:56PM (#44056245)
Just remember, AI is real, next token predictors are a thing of the past. SA doesn’t care about control, this is for the good of all mankind.

_vomit face_

Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by NicuCalcea on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @04:55PM (#44056243)
> Other than that, child's play for me.

Such an insufferable response.

Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by ctkhn on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:47PM (#44056613)
Conner Omalley character stuff
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by yen223 on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:11PM (#44056371)
Am I the only one who read samaltman's comment as obvious sarcasm?
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by firtoz on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:42PM (#44056583)
Or they're bragging.
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by Jarwain on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:31PM (#44056493)
I mean no, but it could also be plausible deniability?
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by abxyz on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:36PM (#44056539)
it’s not true, contemporaneous accounts disprove it (although that’s not to say Sam Altman is not a snake, Sam Altman is a snake that nobody should trust)
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by -__---____-ZXyw on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:10PM (#44056777)
Hear hear. If the AGI doesn't work out, as it likely won't, he can always run for mayor of Wexford Town
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by baxtr on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:00PM (#44056715)
The only thing I still find good about SA is his opposition to Musk.
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by GuinansEyebrows on Thursday May 22, 2025 @12:38PM (#44063750)
Eh. The petty squabbles of the wealthy usually aren't for the right reasons. Rich dicks just don't like people they view as competitors.
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by baxtr on Thursday May 22, 2025 @01:55PM (#44064731)
True… but do reasons matter in that case?
Re:OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive by GuinansEyebrows on Thursday May 22, 2025 @04:05PM (#44066272)
the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend :)