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Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by eigenspace on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:51AM (#49421543)
I'd take a market crash over a monopoly in the hands of a ghoul like Altman.

The economy he and his ilk want to build is infinitely worse.

Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by fidotron on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:58AM (#49421642)
In truth it crashes either way.
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by make3 on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:59AM (#49421662)
interestingly also, open weight models are also more effectively run in the cloud, so it creates a weird scenario where the frontier labs crash but the compute providers, not as much
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by eigenspace on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:01PM (#49421694)
I wouldn't be so sure about that. The popping of a bubble is usually just as irrational as its rise.

If investors start fleeing from senseless businesses in the AI sector, that does not mean that sensible businesses will be spared. These things follow herd mentality, and the primary drivers of the herd are greed and fear, not fundamentals or business logic.

Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by cyanydeez on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:02PM (#49421710)
America is pretty close to rhyming with nazi germany circa 1929.
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by aliasxneo on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:37PM (#49422331)
Ok, I'll bite. What's your rationale?
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by isatty on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:46PM (#49422477)
People who say stuff like that are unhinged chronically online trolls. Best not to feed them.
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by Gigachad on Monday August 24, 2026 @07:42PM (#49427337)
Flock powered surveillance state that sends ICE goons to kill random people in areas where there is any resistance to the regime.
Re:OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) by aliasxneo on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:47AM (#49429563)
That can be a genuine NY Times headline.