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MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta

366 points · 306 comments · diek

  1. mikert89 · · focus · HN ↗
    I still think regular people, and markets, have not caught onto the implications of superintelligence. Its happening, and the tech oligarchs have seen it behind closed doors
    1. drivebyhooting · · focus · HN ↗
      I think so too.

      Just now in 2026 we start to see glimpses of AI supremacy, e.g. navier stokes.

      It’s similar to the deep blue moment. It took a while before consumer hardware could beat Kasparov, but the watershed moment was deep blue.

      I reckon some private demos using far more compute than is available to us peasants convinced the tech oligarchs 3 years ago to pursue their seemingly coordinated AI push.

    2. shimman · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah, it's definitely this and not that Meta probably offered him a salary package that ensures generational wealth measured in centuries. Definitely the science fiction scenario, that is totally the realistic one and not a greedy wealthy CEO doing something that enables their greed.
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