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

221 points · 209 comments · cdrnsf

  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. pj_mukh · · focus · HN ↗
      >>brainwash the population via YouTube,

      I like that you think that only one side is doing it. And without clear partner hashtags or sponsorship declarations neither [1].

      Seems like an obvious response from OpenAI ngl.

      [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=lPdmYMHrWKg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=lPdmYMHrWKg

      1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
        What&#x27;s worse is every major company is doing things like this. If you&#x27;re a large enough company to be considered &quot;evil&quot; by someone you have media&#x2F;social media teams duking it out in the advertizing-sphere.

        Now, don&#x27;t take it as me saying what OpenAI is doing is good. It&#x27;s more if you&#x27;re in the industry you know that if you&#x27;re not doing things like this, you&#x27;re the only one. Whole damned thing is corrupt.

        1. mrguyorama · · focus · HN ↗
          This &quot;PR management&quot; is a service cheap enough to offer to mildly well off random people to massage the egos of their children or whatever.

          Everything has inauthentic messaging right now.

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