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Multiple readings OpenAI CEO says it Questions & unknowns · 3 attributable reactions Shared emphasis No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily Spark Markets & investment · 2 attributable reactions
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Established AI business Development 14d ago
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Altman opposes personal home AI models

OpenAI CEO says it

7 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Baldur Bjarnason
““OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization” Substitute "RAM" for "money" and you have modern capitalism in a nutshell” evidence ↗
7 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Michael Ekstrand Karl Bode Ingrid Burrington Jason Moore tweety fish ae Baldur Bjarnason
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Questions & unknowns

2 experts

What remains unresolved or contested.

“Sam's latest dumb comments were made on Cheeky Pint, a YouTube channel by Stripe co-founder John Collison one of an endless array of tech bro safe-spaces intended to supplant actual journalists asking actual questions of powerful people”

Markets & investment

1 expert

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

““OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization” Substitute "RAM" for "money" and you have modern capitalism in a nutshell”

Primary source tomshardware.com ↗
Established AI business Analysis 15d ago
AI ROI absent outside tech sector

No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily Spark

10 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Dan Greene , Daniel Solove
“Chief Economist at Apollo--incredible name, Torsten Slok--sees no payoff for AI outside tech so far. Doesn't see any productivity growth (big measurement problem admittedly). Revenue per employee and profit margins are up in the magnificent 7 but flat every…” evidence ↗
10 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna Olivia Guest Danielle Citron Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Dan Greene Dare Obasanjo tante Daniel Solove +2
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing markets & investment.
Shared emphasis

Markets & investment

2 experts

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“Chief Economist at Apollo--incredible name, Torsten Slok--sees no payoff for AI outside tech so far. Doesn't see any productivity growth (big measurement problem admittedly). Revenue per employee and profit margins are up in the magnificent 7 but flat every…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Alex Hanna: No rise in productivity due to AI, according to that great Luddite institute, Apollo Global Management. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
Olivia Guest: No rise in productivity due to AI, according to that great Luddite institute, Apollo Global Management. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
Margaret Mitchell: 😬
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Primary source apollo.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 5d ago

Techs stock crash and the forgetting trick 5c9e4538e8f6

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Pavel
“Tech stocks are down again. And just like last time, tech leaders will reassure investors that despite burning cash like it’s going out of style, the technology that will Change Everything is just around the corner. How do they, as the saying goes, keep get…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Pavel Baldur Bjarnason

“Tech stocks are down again. And just like last time, tech leaders will reassure investors that despite burning cash like it’s going out of style, the technology that will Change Everything is just around the corner. How do they, as the saying goes, keep get…”

Primary source uxdesign.cc ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 4d ago

Why I don't use generative 'AI': this is not a criticism of you #chatbot #agent #tech #generativeai

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Baldur Bjarnason
“While I'm waiting for the power to return, a quick reminder that I'm outlining some of my reasons for not using generative models in a series of shorts First one gives some context, a concept the shorts audience clearly doesn't understand youtube.com/shorts…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Baldur Bjarnason

“While I'm waiting for the power to return, a quick reminder that I'm outlining some of my reasons for not using generative models in a series of shorts First one gives some context, a concept the shorts audience clearly doesn't understand youtube.com/shorts…”

Primary source youtube.com ↗