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Re:The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on b... by oblio on Monday June 09, 2025 @01:39AM (#44221681)
It's quite hard to say for sure, and I will prefix my comment by saying his blog posts are very long and quite doomerist about LLMs, but he makes a decent case about OpenAI financials:

https://www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-money/

https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the...

A very solid argument is like that against propaganda: it's not so much about what is being said but what about isn't. OpenAI is basically shouting about every minor achievement from the rooftops so the fact that they are remarkably silent about financial fundamentals says something. At best something mediocre or more likely bad.

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Re:The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on b... by cdblades on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:42PM (#44229839)
All very fair caveats/heads up about Ed Zitron, but just for context for others: he is an actual journalist that has been in the tech space for a long time, and has been critical of lots of large figures in tech for a long time. He has a cohesive thesis around the tech industry, so his thoughts on AI/LLMs aren't out of nowhere and disconnected.

Basically, it's one of those things you may read and find that, all things considered, you don't agree with the conclusions, but there's real substance there and you'll probably benefit from reading a few of his articles.

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