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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. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
          You're telling me that you'd be surprised that people would be paid to boost messages on HN, a site filled with shitloads of above income earners in a multi-trillion dollar industry?

          I don't want to be mean, but don't you think you're being a little naive here?

          1. bluefirebrand · · focus · HN ↗
            It's still a site that is free to sign up

            And hey, I'm unemployed at the moment. I'm a zero income earner. And yet, I'm still here.

            1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
              And? There's a reason your here and it's the fact people in the industry earning paychecks while messing with this stuff are posting here.
          2. sodapopcan · · focus · HN ↗
            Not sure what you mean. HN comments certainly have influence on others' perceptions of different kinds of tech. I can't point you to hard data other than "advertising works." I know I'm susceptible to it.
          3. anonymars · · focus · HN ↗
            > You're telling me that you'd be surprised that people would be paid to boost messages on HN...

            Huh?

            > "It would not surprise me in the least if people were paid to boost on HN.

            1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
              I guess I should say it this way.

              "It would not surprise me if I held an apple in the air and let go of it, that it would hit the ground".

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