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by zooq_ai 826 days ago
It is not.

Mustafa Suleyman is the ultimate AI grifter.

He has ZERO technical skills. ZERO hardcore STEM background. He was just friends with Demis at the right time and road that hype train.

At Google he had a similar role VP of AI products or something and he contributed nothing (except all the garbage ethics, safety crap that didn't help google, probably kneecapped it actually)

This is Satya Nadella's worst AI move yet.

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"AI ethics" from a person booted based on allegations of coworker bullying?
> (except all the garbage ethics, safety crap that didn't help google, probably kneecapped it actually)

Yes. Inflection's AI was just too useless and safe to be of any use and ultimately made no money.

> This is Satya Nadella's worst AI move yet.

We'll see. But I predict that Inflection AI will eventually sunset Pi.

I am not sure why you are being down voted. Track record matters.
AI safety and ethics are a big deal. Nobody wants to buy a big heap of linear algebra. A big heap of linear algebra that is so close to becoming sentient that we have to plan what its ethics should be? Where do I put my money?!?

If you ask engineers to sell linear algebra, they invent things like control systems, which are too tricky to sell.

"AI safety and ethics are a big deal" - yes. But no bigger deal and, arguably, a smaller deal compared to software safety and ethics.