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[–] [email protected] 86 points 9 months ago (24 children)

I wish that even one of them invested into something that would actually help the society instead

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Their society is the shareholders.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I could be totally wrong, but these kinds of billionaire class investments sound to me like a big money laundering scheme.

Just like "art" investment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Some of them are, lot of con artists are just scamming investors (e.g. WeWork). But ppl like Altman actually beleive they are changing the world for the better, why they also have the skills and the funds to do so - I think that is scarier

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (21 children)

I swear to god how are all these tech billionaires that grew up as nerds not seeing what they are doing

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

“What does any man with power want?”, asks the Oracle in The Matrix. “More power.”

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don’t get why everyone’s always trying to build humanoids. It doesn’t need to have a human head and operating feet to be a good sex partner.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Sci-fi robots are still teasing the minds of many. Like hoverboards. And Mars colonization. Although many of them are pretty unpragmatic and consist of more problems that they'd solve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Because they want to replace the complexities and pitfalls of human relationships with something compliant that they can fuck without it asking for anything in return.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

yes, but at us a bonus and more options

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I know we're probably far from that but damn I I just want a robot to do the dishes. That would honestly be valuable and I'd be willing to pay a lot for it.

Problem is this robot will probably be on some subscription and soon with ads.

"Hey Robot please do the dishes"

"Sure - but have you considered that you'd get cleaner dishes if you bought this detergent?"

If I could buy it once and own it though, that'd be great.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You know of the existence of dishwashers, right?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I want a robot to fill and empty the dishwasher.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Not that I don’t appreciate the automation we have, but this is one of the domestic “last mile” problems - along with proper dusting and loading and folding laundry - that need to be solved.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This guy's in for a serious delight

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They need to rewatch terminator

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Yeah because those are some names everybody associates with ethical responsibility. /s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Finally A sex robot that can do all the crazy shit I want and clean itself up after seems a way better use of money than chat bots

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The effing advertisement for an iPad at the end of that article......64GB of Ram. Lol.

9th gen iPads have 8GB ram. The 64GB is the tiny bit of storage it gives you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

don't forget to carry your No. 3 Robertson head non-slip screwdriver.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

So what is this startup human-like for?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm glad to hear this and hopefully it fulfills my fantasy of having sex with Clippy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I hate to give car example however do you see "legs" on cars/bicycles? Just imagine a running car.

I would say they secretly want to replace infantry however nationalist humans are cheaper to produce.

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