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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

The Person Who Was in Charge of OpenAI's $175 Million Fund Appears to Be Fake. "Jacob Vespers does not exist to our knowledge."

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The Person Who Was in Charge of OpenAI's $175 Million Fund Appears to Be Fake. "Jacob Vespers does not exist to our knowledge."

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago
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The Person Who Was in Charge of OpenAI's $175 Million Fund Appears to Be Fake
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For a period of time in 2023, the person in charge of OpenAI's $175 million startup fund appears to have been completely fake.
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    He appeared to be human, but then they counted his fingers.

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      Mr. Vesper, could you wire me my pay? I have not been paid in months, and I need to pay rent!

      “As an AI language model…”

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    It’s shocking to realise how much of capitalism is just irrational bullshit tulip mania nonsense.

    Sure, AI’s going to change the world, but some of the valuations are absurd.

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      true, it’s going to make it worse

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      deleted by creator

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        I agree, and also I find “over a decade” to be a very funny duration. ELIZA was developed in the 60s; it’s been over half a century since humans confused bots for people, which was the point.

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    I swear, OpenAI is just a bunch of clowns LARPing as a company from Shadowrun and somehow it works and no one questions it.

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      It works, as no companies who have institutional power to call them out on their Shadowrun larping will call them out, as their lie relfects their own lie, and suddenly they can no longer sleep. Project mayhem is capitalism! His name is Robert Dunkelzahn!

      E: think my chatbot which I trained on my own posts broke there in the end, should have never trained it on making references.

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      no no. once they get it running on the blockchain it will take over everything!

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    “Or — bear with us here — maybe the AGI that everybody’s so worried about is already online, and quietly trying to seize control itself. Just kidding… right?”

    This is some sort of april fools joke right?

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    AI = Crypto It’s a hot mess, there will always be a scandal, and the con job is epic.

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      a reader tipped me off to a beauty last night, an “AI company” that appears to be a completely fake company

      more as it comes, i’ll probably write a post about it

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    Fortunately, the OpenAI fund is insured by renowned financier, Maximilian Bigbux, III, whose vast personal fortune includes uninsurable beachfront Florida real estate, newspaper stock, and some sweet crypto his cousin told him about.

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    The AI can’t stop you if you’re the AI that can’t stop you.

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    IT’S THE AI GUYS

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      IS IT NOT THE AI GNIIYS?!

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    Person of Interest theme starts playing

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    Are you kidding me, I got boxes full of Vespers.

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      Well, shit, all I got was the vapours! Oh me, oh my!

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    at least it’s not joiler veppers.

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      these guys are not witty enough to do it as a deliberate pun, no

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        Or with the brevity demanded

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