Much like the underclass of those of us who cant afford to read the article.

TIL thanks

Karen Hao’s book covers it. But essentially correct. A bit of detail with the family stuff but we do know the guy is machiavellian , a shapeshifter , and that the family did turn their backs on his sister who was effectively homeless and had to turn to prostitution. Needless to say Sam wasnt short of a penny prior to OpenAI days even . Hao is a decent journalist, and her book is the best summary so far I think. This stuff is less interesting than the rest to me however but I guess posing questions of character such as this can help paint the picture.

Thats my take. Snakeoil - rocketfuel blend

Kagi. Not cheap but I seriously cant go back. Its really good for what I need - actual results at the top of the first page, based purely on what I searched for. What a concept. My needs are basic to be clear.

October 2015 article. I guess he was still leaking knowledge at that point. A different time in some ways, but theres been little progress in others.

“OpenAI says”…… thats when I started ignoring

Most AI systems work by reading the pixels of an image up close

In the case of text aren’t LLM’s reading actual text ?Whats the usecase here ? For any text I dont want to be readable by ai scrapers and such, I need to use this font and render as image(s)?

The coinage is apt Cory. However I would have preferred instead of comparing Facebook to crab which have evolved through 1000s of years of sleek and appropriate adaptation, I’d suggest perhaps a rabid psychopathic hog eating its own offspring and choking on an overabundance of rotten food supplied to it by the same offspring who were force-fed brain rot feed by this megahog. Technopigheadedcannibalizuckerfucked . Not as elegant perhaps

Creeps

I’m not convinced the distinction is necessary. It’s also wrong to say they don’t discriminate in who they choose to exploit for profit . Many many examples of double standards occurring in different regions by the same corporation. Behaving in one way in the global north, then the opposite in the global South for example. Exploitation of labour for one. Yeh the name of the game is profit at all costs including human if they get away with it. But the scale compared to what an individual bad actor can achieve (though real and scary for sure) is not worth comparing. Companies ARE made up of human beings. Hiding behind incorporations and limited liabilities does not always shelter corporate bad actors in regions with proper regulation. Yeh plenty to be cynical about but still, dont give these blood thirsty profit seekers any free pass on their behavior.

It surely would. And free up alot of budget to invest instead in local

Apple screwed their pro market anyway. Sometime back . The history with apple and creatives relates more to print history I’d guess . Adobe needs to be ditched , and is in some areas. Windows is a shitshow as we know. There are lessening reasons to be wedded to either Mac OS or Windows as they continue to enshittify and I for one welcome it.

Whether or not they are “my” files would be the legal test in the given jurisdiction. It probably gets even blurrier if the file was created in ‘my’ licensed version of MS software application x. And blurrier still if created in the cloud version of said software and stored direct to their cloud storage platform . I’m assuming with most saas or cloud things that its never my file and im just renting access to something they own even if i created it. You distinguished “local” in your comment though, so this is where the win11 tactics have been a new level of scummy and scammy with the forced syncing etc . The whole OS is theirs. or is it mine ? Do i need a legal team everytime I install software? This whole idea of consent as well…. yikes . I’m glad we have options.

Out of interest what type of engineering and what type of hardware? I’m a (lifelong) music Hobbyist with a passing interest who also works in tech stuff kind of. I’m presuming live sound is your world since you mentioned ios rather than mac os ? Linux seems the perfect candidate for that world though I guess the various companies also do their own proprietary systems in the digi mixer worlds and such ?

Indeed. Authoritarians keep multiple sets of books. Reactionarianism might be near the top of the pile, with no particular ideology , let alone morality, being at the foundation. whatever is required in the moment to maintain power. Also worth pointing out that HK were promised universal suffrage by the CCP, under internationally ratified agreement. I realise this ship has sailed, but we should not forget what Hong Kongers have had stolen from them. And how we all lose because of it, especially those from the ‘main’land

Yeh and their own ‘R and D’ may have been leverage in the negotiation.

I switched in 2021. I havent noticed any fuckupery. Whats been happening ?

And the one who suddenly is concerned about ethics in regards to strikes . These Machiavellian creeps go from bad to worse with each day.

Pathetic little puppet state . Human life comes second to a few bucks for this embarrassment of a government.