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Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board' (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (9 children)

He may be a middle man rent seeking on the entire gaming industry, but you can't hate him because of all those great game series he never finished

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I can't hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    And I can't hate Elon Musk because he promoted electric cars.

    I love it when completely unaccountable industry monopolists make decisions for all of society when I agree with them. They're so cool!

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Oh no he runs a buisness, grow up.

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  • [+] -8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    A 'business' that doesn't produce the thing that makes it profit.

    You sound like my landlord

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