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OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A “product” of any kind will not solve our problems.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

A phone is a product, and it solves a lot of problems.

I used to print out mapquest directions to wherever I drove. Now I can just use navigation so I seldom miss turns on dark streets anymore.

Products can solve problems, that's why people pay for them

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think they mean existential problems, like our belligerent lumbering towards the violent self-destruction of humanity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This is exactly what I meant.

A product is something created by an organization ( in our case corporations) to make money. Period.

The fact it can make our lives easier is a secondary side effect. The way these products are made can ( and usually do) exacerbate our problems.

Solutions ? Nah.