Who got more bang for the buck?

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John Clark

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Mar 16, 2023, 11:40:59 AM3/16/23
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Microsoft spent $10 billion to buy most of Open AI, the company that built GPT-4. Elon Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter, the company that builds looney right wing conspiracy theories. I think Microsoft made the smarter purchase.

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Telmo Menezes

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Mar 16, 2023, 11:48:55 AM3/16/23
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To be fair, Open AI was supposed to be a non-profit and received 100$ millions from Elon when it was supposed to be an open source initiative. How did it suddenly become a closed-source for-profit organization that sells itself to Microsoft after taking advantage of such donations? It is confusing.

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Mar 16, 2023, 1:38:15 PM3/16/23
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:48 AM Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.net> wrote:

> How did it suddenly become a closed-source for-profit organization that sells itself to Microsoft after taking advantage of such donations?

I have no idea, I'm not a lawyer. Thank goodness.  

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Telmo Menezes

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Mar 16, 2023, 1:44:28 PM3/16/23
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On 16. Mar 2023, at 18:38, John Clark <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:




On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:48 AM Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.net> wrote:

> How did it suddenly become a closed-source for-profit organization that sells itself to Microsoft after taking advantage of such donations?

I have no idea, I'm not a lawyer. Thank goodness.  

Fair enough John :)


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To be fair, Open AI was supposed to be a non-profit and received 100$ millions from Elon when it was supposed to be an open source initiative. How did it suddenly become a closed-source for-profit organization that sells itself to Microsoft after taking advantage of such donations? It is confusing.

Telmo

Am Do, 16. Mär 2023, um 16:40, schrieb John Clark:
Microsoft spent $10 billion to buy most of Open AI, the company that built GPT-4. Elon Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter, the company that builds looney right wing conspiracy theories. I think Microsoft made the smarter purchase.

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Mar 16, 2023, 4:29:38 PM3/16/23
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Are you putting money where your keyboard is, Mr. Investor?


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Mar 16, 2023, 4:33:08 PM3/16/23
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There's no reason-
A) that another AI team won't make more money than Soft in the next few years.
B) Musk is making cash from Tesla cars and powerwalls and maybe robots?
C) Who will MS directors now sell their GPT4 to????

Musk will sell Twits for certain and at a profit. 


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