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OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'

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  1. 123aGaf · · focus · HN ↗
    And they only count the influencers who use the OpenAI's partner hashtags!

    US business model: go into billions of debt, brainwash the population via YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Hacker News influencers. Intimidate foreign governments to allow the current snake oil. Wait a decade until you have minor profits and the stock price is through the roof because #growth-mindset.

    1. poisonborz · · focus · HN ↗
      Wait what, Hacker News influencers? :D
      1. sodapopcan · · focus · HN ↗
        It would not surprise me in the least if people were paid to boost on HN.
        1. captainbland · · focus · HN ↗
          Apple product release threads are wild if they're organic, that's all I'm saying
          1. creaturemachine · · focus · HN ↗
            Apple doesn't even have to pay them, just give them a chance to feel special with a new palette of colours. Who really thought they'd be unique for choosing the orange phone?
          2. alex7o · · focus · HN ↗
            I think apple has enough people brainwashed already not to need paid ones.
          3. slopinthebag · · focus · HN ↗
            wym, there is a massive a̶n̶t̶i̶-̶a̶i̶ anti-apple sentiment on this platform. if apple is paying influencers it sure doesnt feel like it
            1. sodapopcan · · focus · HN ↗
              I'm pretty sure you're just experiencing the, uh, I don't know the name for it, but the voices you are in disagreement with feel amplified. There is also a HUGE pro-AI sentiment on this platform which feels extremely loud to me.
              1. slopinthebag · · focus · HN ↗
                i meant to say anti-Apple, not anti-AI. sleeeepy. i agree there is a massive pro ai sentiment here
                1. sodapopcan · · focus · HN ↗
                  OHHHHHH lol yes, agreed.
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