▲ 165 ▼ Jeff Bezos's Prometheus raises $12B to build an 'artificial general engineer' for the physical world (techcrunch.com) submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] protist@retrofed.com 38 points 5 months ago (7 children) $12 billion would pay for a lot of engineers... permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (6 children) Oh man, I misread that as $128! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 5 months ago (5 children) That's less than a stick of ram...how did that make sense to you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) (pssst, its called a joke) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -8 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is I read this wrong a joke? It's almost inevitable that someone in any comment section feels the need to put their dyslexia on display for some odd reason. What makes this one humorous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago We're all hoping for their failure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (6 children) Oh man, I misread that as $128! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 5 months ago (5 children) That's less than a stick of ram...how did that make sense to you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) (pssst, its called a joke) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -8 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is I read this wrong a joke? It's almost inevitable that someone in any comment section feels the need to put their dyslexia on display for some odd reason. What makes this one humorous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago We're all hoping for their failure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 5 months ago (5 children) That's less than a stick of ram...how did that make sense to you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) (pssst, its called a joke) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -8 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is I read this wrong a joke? It's almost inevitable that someone in any comment section feels the need to put their dyslexia on display for some odd reason. What makes this one humorous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago We're all hoping for their failure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) (pssst, its called a joke) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -8 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is I read this wrong a joke? It's almost inevitable that someone in any comment section feels the need to put their dyslexia on display for some odd reason. What makes this one humorous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -8 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is I read this wrong a joke? It's almost inevitable that someone in any comment section feels the need to put their dyslexia on display for some odd reason. What makes this one humorous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Couple different layers of joke, actually. The first is that they didn't actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar. The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KingKong33@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago Pick a fight somewhere else please. Have a good Friday! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago We're all hoping for their failure. permalink fedilink source parent