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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back their AI jobs apocalypse prophecies as they eye blockbuster IPOs (fortune.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 5 months ago* (13 children)

I think part of the problem is they know a lot people want life and entertainment to be the same thing, so they can sell scifi as reality and it's a sure way to get tithes from the faithful.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    It's not just about AI, though. This is just an incredibly common phenomenon.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (11 children)

    For sure, it's Elon's whole thing. Look at Star Citizen, same thing. Blur the lines between what's achievable and what seems feasible and say you need people's money to make th dream work. Money go brrrrr

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    Or the Kremlin, or Trump, or ...

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    I don't know if that's a good example, in the US everyone reflexively hates and makes fun of the president no matter who it is. Everything the government says is always considered bullshit no matter what. But for some reason this doesn't apply to CEOs.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    -"Trump indicated that the tariffs are going to make the economy ...", "Trump just stated on trut social that the Iran deal ..."

    The media sure do listen to your presidents ramblings and social media posts.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    ...

    We don't have the same kind of country you have.

    "The media" is owned by our elite. It is in no way reflective of the average person's opinion.

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

    Not even youtubers and the like? I mean only the very old watch tv nowadays. In "my" country at least 😨!

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    .... yeah dude. Yeah. Even youtubers.

    I am absolutely amazed by your thought process but I'm not going to waste my time reeling.

    Yes, youtubers get paid by superpacs and shit like that. Yes youtubers get anonymous donations. Yes youtubers have political agendas.

    If you're American and can afford all the equipment for Youtube, you come from a rich family or you have a sponsor.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    I made a couple of youtubes once, cost me a microphone for maybe 50€ because I wanted a cordless one for other uses, but a 20€ one would totally do it too. Then mounted it in some FOSS app and upload it for free... Not expensive at all.

    I don't know why you're so confused, and condescending? There are loads of youtubers that live off youtube, so you have to learn to cut through the bullshit, but they convey real information, that yes you have to stitch together yourself, knowing it's not perfect. Ukrainian youtubers have their bias, americans theirs etc. There is not a one information pool to get it all from, never have been.

    You sound like you only have experience with usa tv and joe rogan like youtubers.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Sure there are many youtubers who can start out small and scale up, but scaling up involves making those connections I was talking about before. You're eventually going to get approached by sponsors. If your channel discusses political topics, you will probably be contacted by people who want to advertise within those topics. The average person cannot achieve the production quality that the bigger channels can.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, but then it's time to dump that person/channel. Or decide it's okay and try to "think" around it (say a video game channel will be pushing hardware and games, not that life-changing IMO).

    It can be difficult, but there are "good" people doing their best, and what choice do we have? Discuss, cross check, look out for all types of patterns... Not easy when the Kremlin (and others ofc) has a big budget...

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    A few content creators and independent news organizations I used to follow turned out to be funded by Russia, so I’m a lot more skeptical now

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