batmenace

So basically blot.im?

Couldn't agree more. Spent the evening reading though some of their work, and it's all so... fun. Just exploring fun and potentially useful ideas not restricted to what tools already exist (which seems to be the case much of the time)

I think it’s a neat idea (maybe because I was talking over ow to do something similar in Python, specifically for financial analysis). Definitely feels like an early stage, but I would love to see where it goes.

A part of me likes this. Every now and then, isn’t it nice to pursue something and just see where it goes, without a monetization strategy or similar?

Feels deliberate, just like ‘das sequencer’

Well the thinking by google has surely been that Apple Search (iSearch?) would be competitive if Apple percieved it would be in their interest to build it / work with another partner. It's not impossible that someone else would build a good / better tool. Since all these tools also significantly improve with use and feedback, switching the default would probably have a massive impact

Yes, humans operate similarly. We gain knowledge through learning and assimilation of experiences. But there is a cost associated with each new input, in one form or another. You can read and reproduce the NYT articles or their content and build based on what you have learned. But aside from piracy, you have to somehow pay a cost associated with access (ads, subscriptions etc). The LLM does not do so in an equal way.

Well if the company goes bankrupt, theoretically other companies can buy e.g. 3M's patents / processes / subsidiaries and continue their production. THe company isn't unprofitable, so it would be sold off in parts and the proceeds of the sale (theoretically) would go towards settling lawsuits.

They didn't.

How would you know? How would we know without actually auditing their books?

IPO doesn't have to mean ads, though. There are other ways to monetize a user base and to generate money based off of a 'community'. They're just ways that require more time, more concerted effort and planning to execute.

Also presumably the reason for making the first one a 'pro' version -- and beginning the presentation with a focus on work. Easier pitch that way, and once it can establish itself / there is an ecosystem, you can probably get more 'consumer' focussed versions with less compute power or that are plugin only etc

Doesn't really answer what they all do... What are they up to day-to-day

Your comment supposes that it has to be extreme -- rapid growth or stagnation. Why do you think a responsible CEO / management team cannot plan for a 'moderate growth' pathway that sees steadier levels of hiring and firing more akin to what the rest of the industry shows?

I wonder if for tech companies part of the answer is also that moving people around is an 'easy' way to play with numbers. You go to the market / to your investors and say ''Hey, we've hired 1,000 people over the last 12 months, we must be doing so well [give us money]'', and likewise ''We're gonna lay off 1,000 people soon so we're all good here [give us money]''

Colours of the company that's been developing it, presumably the final version will be nasa / white color scheme

Well that's far from the complete picture. It's not that the gov't is backstopping all bank stupidity -- the new facility simply says that for redemptions, US government bonds and MBS can be valued at face value not market value. Only for the purpose of ensuring liquidity for redemptions

Fermat's Library offers something that comes relatively close https://fermatslibrary.com/margins

I would argue that there is a difference to the 'inspiration' you mention. As I see it, what SD does with Getty's database is more akin to me as an artist taking the Getty pictures and making a collage from the photos (actively using them).

[There is a separate point around the value of the Getty database. Routinely, companies are sold with their customer list / database as a main selling point. Getty has undoubtable value through the sheer size of collected work. Nobody could expect that we just assign 'no' value to it, even if it can be accessed (with a watermark) for free by most.]

Also, a good chunk of this is him essentially insulting one of the more respected and high-performing law firms out there. He's gonna have a fun time trying to get some other firm to help him...

You probably start by saying 'Hey I think this might not be fully compliant?' And if your boss comes back with anything other than a reasonable justification, you know there's something going on, and you should flag it higher up/leave that place

At the very least they should be aware enough of potential wrongdoing to raise questions, and do so in written form. When you write exceptions that specifically only benefit one party and no others, there is always a reason to at least be suspicious.

Eh, it feels like he may have donated a lot, but he wasn't crazy popular. Plus, not like he's had a long track record of donations over many years. I am not sure anyone with much influence will stick their neck out for someone like him

It's quite possible that as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, some/ all of the donations could be clawed back

I agree. In theory, some may be placated if the person creating an SD artwork had to ultimately compensate the creators of those artworks that were used by SD in order to stich together the image, akin to sampling records in music.

I would assume that the point is that you had to pay - in one way or another - for access to this material, which is the intention when it is published and shared. You bought your books, your toys, your TV shows (through ads). SD, by scraping the web, gets all the benefits of prior work without necessarily having adequately compensated the work's creators.

There are already early stage projects in France (and I assume other places as well) where Siemens Gamesa is using prototype turbines that does exactly this at an offshore wind farm

That may be true for car makers, but in the energy world, other than some battery storage projects, Tesla is really not a major player at all, and there is an endlessly long list of companies that are more meaningful for this market and better able to take advantage of the increased renewables rollout around the world.

And to the larger point about there being too much "news content" much of which isn't news at all of course, I would much rather read one good article a week (or insert preferred time period here) than reading 10, but all of them being so light on content that there isn't a takeaway from them anyway.

Honestly, I've been absolutely loving the feeling of these on my head, they've been ay more comfortable (for me) than e.g. the Sonys.

Destroying a hedge fund is also not a 'fundamental value', no matter how satisfying it might sound. Also, as I've said before, often the largest investors in hedge funds are pension funds or similar pooled vehicles, so screwing an investment fund like this doesn't always just stick it to the rich guys...

I'm guessing you want to avoid word getting out that could spoil the deal / depress the price?