[lotu]

I think this is a reaction to the whole social media debacle. These companies have gotten burned and now they are shy about touching the stove. Also I feel like we don't have the same competitive environment of two decades ago. There are only really a few players in the AI game and they can afford to move more slowly because it's not like some small start up is going to beat them at AI because they moved quicker.

[dmix]

> These companies have gotten burned

Have they really though? Usually companies overreact to a lot of social media outrage that would blow over in a couple days. But their very online PR/social media employees turn everything into an emergency. Imagine infosec people making every CVE a big deal, you’d end up with a needlessly limited system - that ironically doesn’t satisfy anyone, because the infosec people will always have a new urgent CVE tomorrow.

This automatic fear based approach to doing anything, without actually balancing risks and tradeoffs, is its own ritualistic system of self-harm. Companies burning themselves on the stove.

[MichaelZuo]

> Imagine infosec people making every CVE a big deal, you’d end up with a needlessly limited system - that ironically doesn’t satisfy anyone, because the infosec people will always have a new urgent CVE tomorrow.

That already exists, it's called SIPRNet, and it satisfies several millions people in their day to day job.

[Brian_K_White]

?

openai is literally a small startup that did what all the big guys were not doing, and only now after the fact they are essentially forced to put their half-baked long term works in progress out into the public because a little guy went ahead without them and moved quicker.

I don't admire openai btw. It's just that that is what happened.