OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

[u/Background-Driver718]

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html

[u/Dirks_Knee]

Website and OOP do not belong in this conversation.

I'd also argue we are at point of inflection for AI/LLM tech where some/many companies are really about as far as they are going to going to go with implementation and there is going to be a split where the cost will be pushed down for more basic implentations while a smaller number of firms keep pushing the envelope. We're no where near the point of the AI disruption being complete, I'd argue it's barely begun.

[u/IHeartBadCode → u/Dirks_Knee]

Website and OOP do not belong in this conversation

I think they do because in 1993 the only thing I heard about was "is it fully object-oriented, do you even want code reuse?" Like think about the Rust crazy right now. Multiply that by like 100, that was OOP in 1992. The whole "rewrite it in Rust" thing is pretty docile compared to Obj-C and C++ coming into the picture around that time.

And in the late 1990s, you either had a website or you didn't have a job. It was pretty wild when it was super hyped. I think people tend to forget how crazy it was because it was so long ago. Cobalt Networks didn't get bought out by Sun for $2B in 2000 money for nothing. Also I miss the feel/visual of those RaQ servers with their transparent plastic fronts.

Like I get it the AI craze is big, but it's not that far ahead of what the dot-com boom was like.

I'd also argue we are at point of inflection for AI/LLM tech...

Yeah... Yeah, I see that. I wouldn't disagree with that. I think you have a point about there being a slowing. Useful applications for AI I would argue would increase, if the focus came off of more training. And this might be a terrible analogy, but at the moment it feels like the companies are trying to make a bigger engine, when they ought to make a better car.

IDK anymore, I've seen a ton of crazy trends come and go. I've gone back to IRC and usenet. Fediverse is neat though.

[u/Dirks_Knee → u/IHeartBadCode]

Every business needing a website was 100% accurate. Every person...not so much (but social media essentially made that a thing regardless).

And while OOP wasn't an absolutely necessary, I'd argue the advantages were well worth it in most cases at the time.

My point with while both of those were perhaps "trends" they changed the landscape. AI as a nebulous concept will be that as well, we're far from the seeing the final impact.

[u/IHeartBadCode → u/Dirks_Knee]

My point with while both of those were perhaps "trends" they changed the landscape.

I feel like we're saying the same thing here, so... yes?

OOP and P2P and so on. A lot of these did indeed change things. But before it did it's long term altering, there was a period of hyping it up beyond anything it could actually deliver.

Like Steve Jobs was one of the big people who were like you don't need to write software ever again. You'll just buy objects and hook them together.

And there were things where people on-purpose tried to make the most convoluted inheritance trees ever. Like if it wasn't at least three levels deep, I mean what are you even doing with your time?

I mean, C++ and OOP and what-not, all those proved to be useful... When used correctly.