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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 60 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I watched an interview where he said in the same sentence that it would solve climate change and world hunger, and something else astronomical.

Absolutely delusional. Think of what all of that investment money would have actually done if put towards actual useful causes.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The money spent on OpenAI could have already solved homelessness in the US.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and also put a pretty big dent in climate change

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Spare some change for solving world hunger too

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You could have bought sex toys for ducks made by artisan artists out of cheese for the money and it would still have had less negative impact.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Holy shit, you've got a line on artisinal cheese duck fleshlights? I've been in the market for ages!

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Finally, a use for a fine arts degree

[–] pulsey@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you call them? duck fuckers?

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

[The man from Nantucket]: “Finally, my time to shine!”

[–] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's some pretty structural cheese, I mean duck penis's are wild

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My dog has... However you want to call those cheese-chew-toys. You can use those as a hammer.

[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but spending money on useful causes has zero chances of winning big. It's all about the thrill of the gain. Addicts.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

We could solve the climate crisis or we could get the mystery box. It could even ~~be a boat~~ solve the climate crisis

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It already has! Simply ask any LLM how to solve climate change, or world hunger.

Of course, Altman and people like him will perpetually say it's not ready and the answer is wrong, because they don't like the answer.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Think of what all of that investment money would have actually done if put towards actual useful causes

It could solve climate change and world hunger lol