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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by echelon on Friday June 13, 2025 @12:30PM (#44269970)
> It's a smart purchase, it's just that I don't see how these datasets factor into super-intelligence.

It's a smart purchase for the data, and it's a roadblock for the other AI hyperscalers. Meta gets Scale's leading datasets and gets to lock out the other players from purchasing it. It slows down OpenAI, Anthropic, et al.

These are just good chess moves. The "super-intelligence" bit is just hype/spin for the journalists and layperson investors.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by Bjorkbat on Friday June 13, 2025 @03:34PM (#44271538)
> These are just good chess moves. The "super-intelligence" bit is just hype/spin for the journalists and layperson investors.

Which is kind of what I figured, but I was curious if anyone disagreed.

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