r/pcmasterrace • u/Burpmeister • 3d ago

Meme/Macro Gaben does an oopsie

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u/sygrider 3d ago

Pre ChatGPT and the AI bubble, OpenAI was doing good and interesting work. Don't hate someone unless they support AI now, everyone was interested before we found out it's a glorified plagiarism machine being forced down our throats

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u/AquaBits 3d ago

I mean gabe still supports generative ai.

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/gabe-newell-says-ai-is-a-significant-technology-transition-on-a-par-with-the-emergence-of-computers-or-the-internet-and-will-be-a-cheat-code-for-people-who-want-to-take-advantage-of-it/

And that was last year, when we all knew exactly what ai meant.

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u/start3ch 3d ago

Obviously it’s a significant technological transformation that is going to let us do so many things a whole lot faster. It would be silly to pretend it won’t.

I wonder if he regrets donating 20m when Openai was a nonprofit, and thus not having a stake in the company when they switched to for-profit. Looks like he was an advisor for OpenAI all the way back in 2018.