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The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
3 weeks after the āas soon as Fridayā news, OpenAI has followed Anthropic and confidentiality filed their draft S-1. But they sure donāt sound confident about it. Whole post in full (sans legal fine print):
May, likely, ifā¦ Those are some weight-bearing subjunctive clauses.
Edit: also Altmanās eyeball tracker company is doing layoffs now
Donāt they have their CFO not even reporting directly to be CEO? I would bet that thereās a ton of internal dissent about timing and strategy of how to cash out.
That CFO thing was definitely the case, at least a few months ago. Iām sure youāre right about the internal chaos, even if that CFO drama has changed, and it would align with how non-committal this announcement is.
I would love to be a fly on that wall.
Wait why would they expect it to leak? (assuming that mentioning it isnāt just some marketing stunt, which it probably is)
Ed Zitron might have got hold of it, if his bsky is anything to go by.
We could be feasting soon!
They asked a chatbot and the chatbot is trained on shadowrun and cyberpunk2077 sourcebooks.
Draft filings involve feedback from the SEC, so I think they may be throwing shade on government employees, whom they canāt fire or control directly.
But Iām also thinking they may be salty about the aforementioned āas soon as Fridayā articles, and then Anthropic beating them to filing.
Hard to tell how much of it is what, theyāre toxic inside and out.
IANAL, but my understanding is that companies are allowed to keep confidential the fact that they even filed the S-1. Thatās how I read OpenAIās statement. But itās not completely clear what āitā means in āwe expect it to leakā.