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1. tcp_handshaker · 1785949240 · focus · HN ↗

   No AGI on the horizon and that ROI horizon approaching fast is going to make Ed Zitron a superstar.

   If Demis Hassabis got a Nobel prize for being a Project Manager, is Zitron up for the Nobel on Economy for excellence in economic forecast?

   1. reducesuffering · 1785952424 · focus · HN ↗

      Superstar? This Ed Zitron?

      "Based on estimates of their burn rate and historic analyses, I hypothesize that OpenAI will collapse in the next 12-24 months unless it raises more funding than in the history of the valley and creates an entirely new form of AI."

      -July 29, 2024

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      1. root-parent · 1785952833 · focus · HN ↗

         And they did raise new funding as he predicted...Since July 2024, OpenAI has raised or secured roughly $170 billion in new capital. Numbers never see before. So yes its the one, and remarkably right so far.

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