▲ 245 ▼ 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 alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 112 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (3 children) I can't hate him since he broke Windows monopoly in gaming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml -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! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) I hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn't obtuse with my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml -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! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) I hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn't obtuse with my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) I hate billionaires existing but comparing Gabe to Elon seems pretty disingenuous. Elon has and continues to normalize some pretty horrific things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn't obtuse with my point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago So compare them on the axis I explicitly compared them on. I wasn't obtuse with my point. permalink fedilink source parent