Comment by alsetmusic
Comment by alsetmusic 4 days ago
It’s in his (and his company’s) best interest to drive hype as hard and fast as he can. The deal they inked to go private includes penalties if they don’t do so within a defined timeframe (two or three years, I think?). I believe the terms specify that they can be made to pay back investors if they fail to meet that goal. They don’t have that money, not even close. It would mean death for OpenAI.
Show me a better reason to lie and pump up your company’s tech and I’ll buy you lunch. AGI is nowhere on their (feasible) near-term roadmap.
It's also Marcus's best interest to push "LLM is hitting a wall" agenda. Check his blog. It's basically his whole online personality now.
So Marcus and Altman are both speaking out of their agendas, except Altman has a product and Marcus has... a book.